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Quality, (sculpture). Artist:  Lucchesi, Bruno, 1926- , sculptor. Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte, founder. Title:  Quality, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Dedicated April 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 94 x 25 x 29 1/2 in.; Upper Base: approx. 3 1/2 x 24 x 21 in. Inscription:  B. Lucchesi Founderia D'Arte/M. Chiaro/Pietrasanta Italy (Plaque on lower base:) THE SPRINGS OF ACHIEVEMENT/THE VALUES SUSTAINING SPRINGS INDUSTRIES SINCE 1887/ARE EMBODIED IN THE VISION OF EXCELLENCE WE CALL THE/SPRINGS OF ACHIEVEMENT, COMPRISING SEVEN TENETS:/QUALITY SERVICE CREATIVITY EDUCATION/PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE RESPECT FOR HISTORY/PERSONAL AND FAMILY WELL-BEING/THIS BRONZE SCULPTURE BY BRUNO LUCCHESI REPRESENTS/QUALITY. IT IS ONE OF SEVEN COMMISSIONED BY SPRINGS/TO SYMBOLIZE THE SPRINGS OF ACHIEVEMENT/APRIL 1992./Springs (word enclosed in a rectangle) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Female figure standing before a freestanding length of fabric, drawing it toward her with both hands at waist level. Head tilts forward examining fabric. Dressed in forties style skirt, high heeled shoes and hat, on a rectangular bronze upper base and concrete lower base. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Excellence Figure female -- Full length Dress -- Historic -- Forties Dress Object -- Other -- Fabric Dress -- Accessory -- Hat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- South Carolina -- Fort Mill Sculpture Owner:  Springs Industries, North White Street, Fort Mill, South Carolina 29715 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Carolina survey, 1993. 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 SC000019   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture SC000019 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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