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Ten Speed, (sculpture). Artist:  Valimaki, Ken, 1937- , sculptor. Liscano, Michael, sculptor. Title:  Ten Speed, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Shepard Teens, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Medium:  Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete and wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 92 x 16 x 15 in.; Base: approx. 12 x 36 x 8 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Abstract sculpture depicts eight silhouetted figures, mostly teenagers and children, installed on and around a beam. The prominent figure is a young man standing with a bicycle. To his right are two teenage figures. Four children are playing on the beam. An older woman with glasses watches the children. Subject:  Figure group Architecture -- Vehicle -- Bicycle Recreation -- Sport & Play Portrait male -- Neal, Wilbert -- Full length Portrait female -- Phillips, Mrs. -- Full length Allegory -- Life -- Youth Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Columbus Metropolitan Library, 96 South Grant Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Located Columbus Metropolitan Library, Shepard Branch, 790 North Nelson Road, Columbus, Ohio Remarks:  The figure with the bicycle and the woman with the glasses represent library employees, Wilbert Neal and Mrs. Phillips. The library catalog lists the sculpture's title as "Shepard Teens," though the artist states the title as "Ten Speed." 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 OH000361   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000361 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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