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Traffk, (sculpture). Artist:  Opie, Susan, sculptor. Title:  Traffk, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculptures: metal; Bases: metal. Dimensions:  4 pieces. Sculptures: overall approx. 2 x 13 x 1 ft.; Bases: overall approx. 5 ft. x 12 ft. x 1 ft. 2 in. Inscription:  (On back of lizard attached to bottom of second pylon:) Susan Opie signed Description:  The sculpture is composed of four metal pylons topped from left to right with: an automobile balanced on its back left wheel, a workman carrying a lunch pail, a truck with a cherry picker partially extended, and a dog. Crawling around the base of the second pylon is a small lizard. The sculptures are lined up side by side along a brick wall. The sculptures have been chemically patinated. Subject:  Travel -- Land Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Labor Architecture -- Vehicle -- Automobile Architecture -- Vehicle -- Truck Animal -- Dog Animal -- Reptile -- Lizard Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Harrisburg, Harrisburg Parking Authority, 123 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101 Located Market Square Garage, Second Street near Chestnut Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculptures may have been commissioned by H. B. Alexander, the owner of the Market Square Garage, as part of a two percent-for-art program. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: TRAFFK/Susan Opie/1992. 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 PA001001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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