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    		• Gron, Jack,
     
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    		• Cityscape -- Kentucky
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
     
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    (Junior Achievement Award), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gron, Jack, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Junior Achievement Award), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1994. Dedicated Aug. 1994.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stone, steel and bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 82 x 30 x 17 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 48 x 48 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper right bottom of sculpture:) JG/94 (Front of sculpture:) (Top plaque, right of logo:) Junior/Achievement/of the Bluegrass/Laureates/Park (Middle plaque:) This park is dedicated to role models (additional text and list of names) (Bottom plaque:) (list of names)/THIS PARK WAS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE/GENERATION CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING:/(list of names)/DEDICATED AUGUST 4, 1994 SCULPTOR: JACK GRON signed
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture of a bronze pyramid, a replica of the Junior Achievement Hall of Fame Award, featuring the Junior Achievement logo and the skyline of downtown Lexington. It is mounted atop a curving steel pedestal in the form of an I-beam. The sculpture is bolted to a short, square base.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Other -- Junior Achievement
    Cityscape -- Kentucky -- Lexington
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Lexington
    Award
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass, 200 Bolivar Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508
    Located Laureates Park, East Main Street & Midland Avenue, in front of Herald Leader building Lexington, Kentucky
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the Junior Achievement of the Bluegrass, and most of the materials and labor for the $100,000 project were donated. Laureates Park was created to honor recipients of the Junior Achievement's annual Business Hall of Fame Award. The new Park and the sculpture were dedicated August 4, 1994.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Lexington Herald Leader, July 12, 1994, pg. 3.
    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 KY000222
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