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    Three Boys, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kimmelman, Harold, 1923- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Three Boys, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Three Boys at Play, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1969. 1970. Installed 1971.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: 3/8 in. square stainless steel bar.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 8 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, right foot of left figure facing the wall:) HK signed
    Description: 
    The figures of three boys made out of stainless steel bars bent to suggest a line drawing. All three of the boys are lined up facing a brick wall. The boys hold hands; the boy on each end grasps the edge of the brick wall. On the left end, the boy crouches low to the ground and looks at the wall in front of him; the middle boy also crouches, but rises slightly and looks up at the top of the wall in front of him; and the boy on the right end, bends his knees slightly and leans back to look over his left shoulder at the other two boys.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Figure male -- Child -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Recreation, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Starr Garden Recreation Center, West corner of 6th & Lombard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    IAS files include a photocopy of the brochure for the sculpture which notes the artist's statement about the sculpture. The sculpture was commissioned for the Starr Garden Recreation Center.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    City of Philadelphia, 1973.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    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 75009360
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