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Bench, (sculpture). Artist:  Robinson, Hylah Edwards, sculptor. Upshur, Elias Abraham, assistant. Robinson, Samuel Straughan, assistant. Title:  Bench, (sculpture). Dates:  1934-1938. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bench: concrete, painted white; Foundation: cement and cast iron. Dimensions:  Bench: approx. 15 x 50 x 15 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A bench consisting of a rectangular slab supported by two columns. Subject:  Object -- Furniture -- Bench Architecture -- Detail -- Column Architecture -- Religious -- Temple of the Winds Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- King William Bench Copy Sculpture Owner:  Fontainebleau Farm, Route 1, Box 215, King William, Virginia 23806 Remarks:  Elias Abraham Upshur mixed the cement and Samuel Straughan Robinson helped weld the armature. Bench painted several years after created. Bench has been wire-brushed and repainted several times since. Supporting columns are copies of the column capitals of the Temple of the Winds. For further reading see Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), July 21, 1935. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 VA000088   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000088 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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