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Hirsch, Willard Newman,
Recreation -- Leisure
Figure group
Sculpture
(Reading), (sculpture).
Artist:
Hirsch, Willard Newman, 1905-1982, sculptor.
Title:
(Reading), (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1960.
Medium:
Steel.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 56 in. x W. 78 in.
Description:
A group of seven heads "outlined" in steel and attached to south wall of County library building. The partial figures are seen holding and reading books.
Subject:
Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
Figure group
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Charleston County Free Library, 404 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
Remarks:
IAS files contain related newsclipping from Evening Post, April 18, 1961. Nearby plaque reads: Exterior sculpture on this building/by Willard Hirsch,/Presented 1961 to Charleston County/by the/Home Federal Savings & Loan Associates/as a Public Service.
References:
Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS SC000231
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
SC000231
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