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The Family, (sculpture). Artist:  Zorach, William, 1889-1966, sculptor. Title:  The Family, (sculpture). Dates:  1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 94 x 64 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 17 x 76 x 45 in. Inscription:  (Horizontal front surface of bronze base:) (copyright symbol) William Zorach 1964 (Horizontal rear surface of bronze base:) 7701 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A family consisting of four nude figures. A female figure kneels in the center, reading a book. Her proper right arm encircles a young child who stands in front of her. Two male figures stand behind the kneeling woman. Subject:  Figure group -- Family -- Nude Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs Sculpture Owner:  Columbia Savings and Loan Association Building, 20 feet south of Pikes Peak Avenue, 40 feet west of Nevada Avenue, Colorado Springs, Colorado Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift from the Columbia Savings and Loan Association. Zorach originally designed a plaster model of The Family in 1936 for a Memorial to the Pioneer Women competition sponsored by the Texas Centennial Commission. Controversy arose over the nudity of the figures, however, and the project was never completed. In the early 1960s, the piece was cast in bronze in Colorado Springs. The work was temporarily removed in 1993 by the parent company (First Nationwide Bank) during a bank merger and offered to the Denver Fine Arts Center's Taylor Museum, but public outcry resulted in returning the statue to its original location at Pike's Peak and Nevada. IAS files contain related newsclippings from The Gazette Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO) Dec. 22, 1993, B:3. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 CO000159   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000159 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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