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    		• Foley, Patrick,
     
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    		• Homage -- Spencer, William A.
     
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    		• Mythology -- Classical
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Prometheus Unbound, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Foley, Patrick, 1922- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Prometheus Unbound, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1972. Dedicated 1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze; Base: metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 72 x 48 x 24 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Prometheus stands, wearing a loincloth and manacles on both wrists and ankles. Both arms are outstretched and held upward and broken chains hang from the manacles on his wrists. The figure is mounted on a low base in a planted setting.
    Subject: 
    Homage -- Spencer, William A.
    Mythology -- Classical -- Prometheus
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Texas Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, 1333 Moursund, Houston, Texas 77030
    Remarks: 
    (Nearby plaque reads:) "PROMETHEUS UNBOUND"/DEDICATED TO WILLIAM A. SPENCER M.D./WHOSE INSIGHT AND PIONEERING SPIRIT/MADE THE TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR/REHABILITATION & RESEARCH A/REALITY. DONATED IN HIS HONOR/BY THE AUXILIARY/1972 SCULPTOR PAT FOLEY.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000561
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