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Beyer, Richard,
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Industry
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Object -- Tool
Object -- Art Object
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
The Construction Workers, (sculpture).
Artist:
Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor.
Title:
The Construction Workers, (sculpture).
Dates:
1982.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Cast aluminum.
Dimensions:
4 figures. Overall: approx. W. 9 1/2 ft. x D. 5 ft.; Each: approx. H. 81 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Four construction workers stand in a row wearing hard hats. The figure on the proper left wears a jacket that is open in the front. He holds the handles of a wheelbarrow in his two hands. There is a shovel in the wheelbarrow. The second man wears an open jacket and lifts his proper left arm to point upwards with his index finger. The third man wears a shirt with a collar and breast-pockets, he holds a scrolled blueprint open with his two hands. The fourth man wears a tool belt with a hammer and other tools hanging from it. He helps to keep the scroll open with his proper left hand, while he raises his proper right hand to his head.
Subject:
Figure group -- Male
Occupation -- Industry -- Construction
Object -- Tool -- Hammer
Object -- Tool -- Wagon
Object -- Tool -- Shovel
Object -- Art Object -- Blueprint
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Sculpture
Owner:
Wright Schuchart Inc., 425 Pontius Avenue North, At Republica Street, Seattle, Washington
Remarks:
Nearby plaque reads: DEDICATED TO THE/WRIGHT SCHUCHART/FAMILY/OCTOBER 25, 1982. IAS files contain related article from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 132.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rupp, James M., "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 133.
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 WA000216
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Inventory of American Sculpture
WA000216
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