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Man on a Bench, (sculpture). Artist:  Segal, George, 1924-2000, sculptor. Johnson Atelier, founder. Title:  Man on a Bench, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Memorial to Mies Van Der Rohe, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed on April 14, 1986. Medium:  Bronze figure, painted white with epoxy on black aluminum bench with granite base. Dimensions:  Figure: H. 50 in.; Bench: 50 x 60 x 30 in. Inscription:  (Inscription on engraved on bronze plaque:) Man on a Bench, 1986/ by George Segal/ Bronze, Edition 1/3/ Gift of B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund signed Subject:  Figure male Ethnic -- African American Homage -- Van der Rohe, Mies Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6110 Located Illinois Institute of Technology, State Street between 32nd & 33rd Streets, Chicago, Illinois 60616 Remarks:  Tribute to Mies Van der Rohe, architect of the original Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The campus was built on the site of a slum, cleared away to make room for the new buildings. "The black man, dressed in work clothes confronts us with the memory of those persons displaced by urban renewal." The B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund, Daniel J. Terra and Victor J. Axelrod provided funding for the sculpture. References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Chicago Sun Times, April 20, 1988. 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 IL000011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture IL000011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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