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    		• Reed, Carleton,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Homage -- Wood, Walter Abbott
     
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    		• Occupation -- Industry
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hoosick Falls
     
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    		• Stele
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Walter Wood Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Reed, Carleton, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Walter Wood Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1930.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: polished black granite; Base: polished black granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 6 ft. x 14 in.; Base: approx. 4.5 ft. x 6.5 ft. x 18 in.
    Inscription: 
    Carleton Reed '30 (On sculpture:) IN MEMORY OF HON. WALTER ABBOTT WOOD, 1815-1892/INDUSTRIALIST AND INVENTOR. WOOD MOWING AND REAPING/MACHINES WERE SOLD THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. HIS/MANSION STOOD HIGH ON THE HILL BEHIND THIS MARKER/AND IN 1926 IT WAS JOINED TO THE NEWLY BUILT HIGH/SCHOOL NAMED IN WOOD'S HONOR.../ERECTED BY THE/WALTER A. WOOD HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI 1992.
    Description: 
    Rectangular stele with incised text and intertwined initials "WW" in honor of industrialist Walter A. Wood, inventor of the Wood Mowing and Reaping Machines.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Homage -- Wood, Walter Abbott
    Occupation -- Industry -- Manufacturing
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Hoosick Falls
    Stele
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Hoosick Falls, New York
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York 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 NY000949
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