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Steel Life, (sculpture). Artist:  Mann, Jack, 1944- , sculptor. Spradlin Brothers Welding, fabricator. Title:  Steel Life, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Dedicated Dec. 11, 1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: welded Cor-Ten steel; Base: brick and wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. 4 in. x 7 ft. x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 1/2 in. x 10 ft. x 8 ft. Inscription:  MANN 88 (On base:) JZS signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Upright cut-out sculpture consists of a sheet from which shapes have been cut and placed in close proximity to the original. A tree is cut and angled so that it stands next to its outline in the sheet. A cat shape is cut from the bottom and placed opposite its outline. An owl shape sits on top and a woodpecker is perched on the side. A child sits under the tree, reading a book. Subject:  Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Figure -- Child Animal -- Cat Landscape -- Tree Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Bird -- Woodpecker Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Located Columbus Metropolitan Library, Karl Road Branch, 5590 Karl Road, Columbus, Ohio Remarks:  Commissioned and funded by the Public Library of Columbus and Franklin County for the Karl Road branch. The sculpture is lighted by a footlight. IAS files include a related article from the Area Weekly Paper, an in-house Library publication, 1988. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus 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 OH000365   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000365 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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