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    		• Callery, Mary,
     
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    		• Roman Bronze Works,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure group -- Nude
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Performing Arts -- Circus
     
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    		• Homage -- Jackson, David K.
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Acrobats with Birds, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Callery, Mary, 1903-1977, sculptor.
    Roman Bronze Works, founder.
    Title: 
    Acrobats with Birds, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1952.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite or marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 52 1/2 x 32 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 29 x 22 x 22 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque on base:) DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/DAVID K. JACKSON/1912-1991/AS A TOWERING BUSINESS AND/CIVIC LEADER HE LED BY EXAMPLE./HIS MORAL COMPASS WAS TRUE./HIS VISION CLEAR, HIS GIFTS TO/KANSAS CITY COUNTLESS./TODAY WE SEE THE FUTURE MORE/CLEARLY BECAUSE WE STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS. (Signed with artist's monogram) signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Abstract, elongated figures of male and female acrobats with birds. The female stands on the male's shoulders. Their proper left arms are extended, and they hold each other's proper right hand. Three birds are perched on the male's extended arm. They are connected to each other, and in turn to the female whose extended hand holds the outer bird's wing.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure group -- Nude
    Animal -- Bird
    Performing Arts -- Circus -- Acrobat
    Homage -- Jackson, David K.
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Commerce Bank, Public Relations, 1000 Walnut, Kansas City, Missouri 64199
    Located 46th Terrace & Wornall Road, Kansas City, Missouri
    Remarks: 
    Given in memory of Davis K. Jackson (1912-1991), a local civic and business leader. Originally in the courtyard of Commerce Bank. IAS files include the full text on a nearby commemorative plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
    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 MO000164
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