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(Labors), (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  (Labors), (sculpture). Medium:  Reliefs: stone. Dimensions:  4 panels. Each relief panel: approx. 5 ft. x 8 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Four relief panels depicting robust male figures involved in four different labors--forging, mining, ship loading, and carpentry or stone masonry. The panel are installed on the front exterior of the building. Panel 1 --on the back of bank: three iron workers; Panel 2 --on the back of bank: three miners with picks and shovels; Panel 3 --on the front of bank, right side: men trading at a port, a winged figure is in the corner; Panel 4 --on front of bank, left side: men working in carpentry. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Industry -- Mining Occupation -- Industry -- Shipping Occupation -- Craft -- Smithing Occupation -- Industry -- Construction Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Pioneer Bank and Trust Company, 4000 West North Avenue, Facade, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Riedy publication contains an image of only one of the reliefs--panel 4 from the front of the bank which depicts men engaged in carpentry. Per Riedy publication, reliefs may have been carved at a Bedford, Indiana, stone works. References:  Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 99. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 99. 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 87820100   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87820100 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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