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Harvester KC, (sculpture). Artist:  Graves, Nancy, 1940-1995, sculptor. Tallix, founder. Title:  Harvester KC, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Harvester Kansas City, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1986. Installed 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted bronze objects cast from life and stainless steel; Base: polished black granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 18 x Diam. 12 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x 5 ft. 5 in. Inscription:  NS GRAVES 1986 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Sculpture depicts vegetation and artifacts particular to the Midwest such as corn, wheat, sunflowers, a windmill, tractor part, sickle bar and a rake. A triangular canopy of maple and bloodroot leaves sits atop sheets of metal representing lakes and streams. On two sides of the canopy, 18 inch ears of corn and wheat span a diamond-shaped cast rope. A sickle bar and a river vertically project through the canopy. A triangle fence visually bisects the sides of the triangular leaf canopy, and a windmill and sunflowers form the base elements. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Place -- Kansas City Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Landscape -- Plant -- Sunflower Architecture -- Machine -- Farm Machine Object -- Tool -- Scythe Object -- Tool -- Rake Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object -- Vegetable -- Corn Object -- Foliage -- Maple Object -- Foliage -- Bloodroot Architecture -- Farm Architecture -- Industry -- Windmill Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City Sculpture Owner:  United Missouri Bancshares, Inc., Department of Building & Grounds, 1010 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 Remarks:  Commissioned by the United Missouri Bank. IAS files include an excerpt from the pamphlet "United Missouri Bancshares, Inc. Selected Art Tour" and an article from Vis a Vis, 1987: 86-87. 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 MO000183   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MO000183 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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