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Artworks Foundry,
Dress -- Accessory
Homage -- Ridder, Tony
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
Sculpture
(Shoes), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Artworks Foundry, founder.
Title:
(Shoes), (sculpture).
Dates:
1992. Dedicated 1993.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
Approx. 1 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) TONY RIDDER/"PUBLISHER, PHILANTHROPIST,/AND FRIEND TO SAN JOSE"/THESE SHOES SYMBOLIZE THE LONG RUN THAT TONY RIDDER/MADE TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE SAN JOSE. THEY ARE BIG/SHOES TO FILL. IF OTHERS FILL THEM BY FOLLOWING HIS/EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH, SELFLESSNESS AND DEDICATION,/TONY RIDDER WILL BE HAPPY INDEED./PEOPLE OF SAN JOSE/1993
Description:
A pair of tennis shoes stand on the ground in front of a commemorative plaque.
Subject:
Dress -- Accessory -- Shoe
Homage -- Ridder, Tony
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of San Jose, Office of Cultural Affairs, 291 South Market Street, San Jose, California 95113
Located Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose, California
Remarks:
Erected by the people of San Jose in honor of Tony Ridder, a publisher and philanthropist.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000554
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA000554
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