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(Broadcasting Musicians and Listeners), (sculpture). Artist:  Milles, Carl, 1875-1955, sculptor. Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942, architect. Title:  (Broadcasting Musicians and Listeners), (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Black granite. Dimensions:  2 panels. Each panel: approx. 54 x 42 x 15 in. Inscription:  (On both panels: artist's monogram) CMS signed Description:  Two relief panels located at the entrance of the W.W.J. Radio Station. One panel depicts a group of five musicians playing music on various string and horn instruments. The other panel depicts a group of six listeners engaged with various degrees of involvement. Subject:  Figure group Performing Arts -- Music Figure male -- Full length Figure female -- Full length Recreation -- Leisure Object -- Musical Instrument Object Type:  Relief Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit Sculpture Owner:  Detroit Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Foundation, 600 West Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan Provenance:  Formerly located W.W.J. Radio Station, 600 West Lafayette, Detroit, Michigan Remarks:  The W.W.J. Radio Station was dedicated on Sept. 15, 1936. The porch over the sculpture was a later addition. IAS files include articles from: W. W. Lutz's "The News of Detroit," Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1973, pg. 90; and, Michigan Writers Project, "Michigan a Guide to the Wolverine State," New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 270. IAS files also contain a citation to the Detroit News, Sept. 16, 1936. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan 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 MI000142   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000142 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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