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    		• Rullo, Peter,
     
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    		• Gray, Edgar,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Twain, Mark
     
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    		• Occupation -- Writer
     
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    		• Homage -- Langdon, Olivia
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Mark Twain Relief, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rullo, Peter, fabricator.
    Gray, Edgar, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Mark Twain Relief, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 1, 1955.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Relief plaque: bronze; Marker: concrete or granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Relief portrait: approx. 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque below relief:) 1835 1910/IN MEMORY OF/MARK TWAIN/(SAMUEL L. CLEMENS)/AND HIS WIFE/OLIVIA LANGDON/WHOSE HOME/WAS ON THIS SITE unsigned
    Description: 
    Bronze plaque featuring a bas-relief portrait bust of Mark Twain. He is shown in proper left profile. The plaque is inset on the front face of a marker constructed of granite or concrete.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Twain, Mark -- Bust
    Occupation -- Writer
    Homage -- Langdon, Olivia
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Elmira Realty, 111 North Main Street, P. O. Box 428, Elmira, New York 14901
    Located Langdon Plaza, Corner of North Main Street & Church Street, Elmira, New York
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed by the Elmira Garden Club to honor the Langdon family and their son-in-law, Mark Twain. The sculpture is located at the former site of the Langdon family mansion, which was demolished in 1939; Langdon Plaza was built on the site in 1940. According to related article, concrete for the marker was poured by Gray and Rullo, members of the city's maintenance crew. A conflicting article states the marker is made of granite. The sculpture came under the administration of Elmira Real Property in 1983 when the company purchased the property. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Star-Gazette (Elmira, NY), Oct. 7 and 8, 1991.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Star-Gazette (Elmira), Oct. 7, 1991.
    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 NY000906
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