Celebrating Orange, (sculpture).

Celebrating Orange, (sculpture).

Graupe-Pillard, Grace, sculptor.

Celebrating Orange, (sculpture).

1996. Dedicated June 20, 1996.

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Porcelain, steel, stucco.

Approx. 15 ft. x 10 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 7 in.

(On bronze plaque on one end of trapezoid structure:) CELEBRATING ORANGE/June 20, 1996/By Grace Graupe-Pillard/Funded by and in cooperation with/Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation/State of New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Program/County of Essex Community Development Block Grant/Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art/The City of Orange Township/Robert L. Brown, Mayor (On metal plaque with city seal:) ORANGE, NEW JERSEY/1872 (Across seal:) HISTORY/MAKING/PROGRESS unsigned

A trapezoidal structure covered in stucco and painted light orange. There is a hole in the center of the structure, allowing the viewer to peer through it. The two main faces of the structure have porcelain enamel painted steel plates embedded in them, depicting people of various ethnic backgrounds, including blacks, whites, Hispanics and East Indian. On the top of the structure is a two-dimensional enamel and steel construction depicting three children walking together, each wearing a backpack. They wear jeans and sweatshirts. On one face of the structure, the enamel paintings depict a trumpet player in proper left profile; a black family of three with a German shepherd dog, the father carries a baby and the mother, dressed in a suit, carries a briefcase; and two schoolchildren, a girl on the right writing with a pencil and a boy on the left looking out at the viewer while holding a pencil and piece of paper. On the other face of the structure are a scene of a young boy and elderly woman sitting on a park bench feeding pigeons. Below them, on the right, is a black male basketball player wearing an Orange uniform, making a jump shot. On the left is a worker carrying a toolbox and a lunch box. Near the bottom is a woman holding a menu, standing in front of a restaurant table.

Figure group -- Family

Figure group -- Female & Child

Figure male -- Full length

Figure female -- Waist length

Animal -- Dog -- German Shepherd

Performing Arts -- Music -- Trumpet

Occupation -- Education -- Student

Recreation -- Leisure

Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Basketball

Animal -- Bird -- Pigeon

Occupation -- Service -- Waiter

Occupation -- Labor

Ethnic -- African American

Ethnic -- Hispanic

Ethnic -- Asian Indian

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Orange

Administered by City of Orange, Property Maintenance, 29 North Day Street, Orange, New Jersey 07050

Located Orange Public Library, Main Street & South Essex Avenue, Orange, New Jersey

The sculpture was funded by grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the State Urban Enterprise Zone Authority and the Essex County Community Development Block Grant Program. IAS files contain copy of related article from Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), June 30, 1996.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1996.

Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), June 30, 1996.

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