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Risser, Peter,
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Life
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Elizabethtown
Sculpture
The Family Tree, (sculpture).
Artist:
Risser, Peter, sculptor.
Title:
The Family Tree, (sculpture).
Dates:
1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Base; brick and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft. x W. 5 ft. x Diam. 5 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 ft. x W. 6 ft. x Diam. 6 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Twelve open-ended barrels, stacked and angled, are set on a circular brick base edged with concrete.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Life -- Family
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Elizabethtown
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Borough of Elizabethtown, 600 South Hanover Street, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 17022
Located 148 West High Street, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Plaque in front of base reads: "THE FAMILY TREE"/COMPLETED 1986/THIS SCULPTURE WAS MADE POSSIBLE/BY THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF/BETHLEHEM STEEL CORP./FRANK GREINER INC./UNION QUARRIES INC,/DOUG LAMB CONSTRUCTION CO.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
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 PA001389
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001389
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