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    		• Triangle Sign Company,
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
     
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    Nipper, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Triangle Sign Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Nipper, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    His Master's Voice, (sculpture).
    Sound of His Master's Voice, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1954. Relocated 1976. Relocated 1996. Relocated 1998.
    Medium: 
    Nipper: fiberglass over metal and chicken wire, painted; Victrola: painted iron and aluminum.
    Dimensions: 
    Nipper: approx. 18 ft. x 66 in. x 94 in.; Victrola: approx. 90 x 90 x 84 in.; Base: approx. 7 ft. x 10 ft. x 300 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    The RCA trademark black and white dog "Nipper," his head cocked as he listens to the sound of his master's voice on a Victrola.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Dog
    Animal -- Portrait -- Nipper
    Object -- Furniture -- Stereo
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore
    Logo
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Maryland Center for History and Culture, 610 Park Avenue, Roof, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located D&H Distributing Company, Russell Street, Rooftop, Baltimore, Maryland 1954-1976.
    Formerly in the collection of Wells, Jim & Eva, P. O. Box 2173, Merrifield, Virginia 22116 1976-1996.
    Formerly located 8731 Lee Highway, Fairfax County, Virginia 22031 1976-1996.
    Formerly in the collection of Baltimore City Life Museum, Baltimore, Maryland 1996-1998.
    Remarks: 
    Nipper, made by the Triangle Sign Company in 1954, was the trademark of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) Company, and was originally installed on the roof of one of their distributors, D&H Distributing Company, in Baltimore. In 1976, when D&H Distributing prepared to move to Savage, Maryland, the sculpture was sold to Jim and Eva Wells who installed in on their property along Lee Highway in Fairfax County, Virginia. In 1996, when Jim and Eva Wells sold their Virginia property, the Baltimore City Life Museums acquired the sculpture. Two years later when the Baltimore City Life Museums closed, Nipper came to the Maryland Historical Society and was installed along the roof of their museum. IAS files contain related newspaper articles from the Baltimore Sun, Aug. 8, 1995, May 3, 1998, and the Washington Post Nov. 8, 2009. For related newspaper article see the Washington Star, June 1980.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Baltimore Sun, Aug. 8, 1995.
    Washington Post, Nov. 8, 2009.
    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 VA000453
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