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    		• Shumpert, Edmond E.,
     
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    		• Unknown (Pietrasanta, Italy),
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Occupation -- Sport
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Huntington Beach
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ultimate Challenge, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Shumpert, Edmond E., sculptor.
    Unknown (Pietrasanta, Italy), founder.
    Title: 
    Ultimate Challenge, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 14 x 20 x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) "Ultimate Challenge/This bronze art work by Edmond E. Shumpert was cast in the/Italian community of Pietrasanta in 1972, the sculptor has/successfully captured the relationship between man and/the wave at the crucial moment when they become one/united mass of controlled energy; thereby, achieving/"The Ultimate Challenge"
    Description: 
    A nude male surfer rides a large curling wave on his surfboard. He bends over and holds his hands out for balance.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Figure male -- Nude
    Occupation -- Sport -- Surfing
    Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Huntington Beach
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Huntington Beach, Cultural Services, 2000 Main Street, P. O. Box 190, Huntington Beach, California 92648
    Located Beach parking lot entrance, 103 Pacific Coast Highway at First, Huntington Beach, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture cost $12,000. It was originally commissioned by the City of Huntington Beach for the new civic center. The sculpture was installed at its current site, after city council members decided the surfer's nudity was inappropriate for a municipal space. IAS files contain a related article from the Huntington Beach News, Jan. 25, 1979, pg. 13.
    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 CA001585
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