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Greenamyer, George,
Careswell Sculpture & Iron Works,
Cityscape -- Wisconsin
Cityscape -- Water
Architecture -- Domestic
Architecture -- Boat
Architecture -- Civic
Architecture -- Industry
Architecture -- Domestic
Architecture -- Lighthouse
Occupation -- Industry
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Farm
Occupation -- Service
Animal -- Cattle
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Milwaukee, (sculpture).
Artist:
Greenamyer, George, 1939- , sculptor.
Careswell Sculpture & Iron Works, fabricator.
Title:
Milwaukee, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988. Dedicated May 2, 1989.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted steel: Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 18 x 5 x 20 ft.
Inscription:
(On east leg of support:) Milwaukee/Aug. 4, 1988 (On west leg of support:) George M. Greenamyer/Sculptor (Bronze plaque on concrete base:) MILWAUKEE/(copyright symbol)1987 by George Greenamyer/Commissioned under the/Wisconsin Arts Board/Percent For Art Program signed
Description:
A cross-section of the city is depicted, looking from the lake to the interior. Includes images of Milwaukee harbor lighthouse and lighthouse keeper; seaman on a Great Lakes freighter; workman on a grain elevator; businessman and woman outside First Wisconsin Center; painter at City Hall; bank, German-Polish house, farmhouse, farm couple, cow, and mailman. The figures are hot-forged or blacksmithed and painted with gloss enamels. The I-beam on which they are placed is supported by three steel arches.
Subject:
Cityscape -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Cityscape -- Water
Architecture -- Domestic -- Farmhouse
Architecture -- Boat -- Freighter
Architecture -- Civic -- Town Hall
Architecture -- Industry -- Grain Elevator
Architecture -- Domestic -- House
Architecture -- Lighthouse
Occupation -- Industry -- Shipping
Occupation -- Other -- Businessman
Occupation -- Farm
Occupation -- Service -- Postman
Animal -- Cattle
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Campus Facilities Planning, Englemann Hall, 280; P.O. Box 413, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211
Located University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2311 East Hartford Avenue, Golda Meir Library, in front, northwest corner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211
Remarks:
Commissioned for $21,400 under the State Percent for Art program, which allocated .2% (two tenths of one percent) of state buildings costs for artworks. IAS files contain related newsclippings from Milwaukee Journal, May 19, 1989.
References:
Wisconsin Arts Board, Percent for Art Program, 2003.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin, Milwaukee survey, 1993.
Palmer, Virginia A., 1989.
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 74020073
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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