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A Celebration of Bicycling, (sculpture). Artist:  Meadows, Jerome, 1951- , sculptor. Title:  A Celebration of Bicycling, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 18, 1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze and limestone on a concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. 9 in. x W. 12 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 3 ft. 3 in. Inscription:  (Base front:) MIAMI VALLEY REGIONAL/BICYCLE COUNCIL/SCULPTURE COMMITTEE/THIS SCULPTURE WAS FUNDED BY/PRIVATE DONATIONS FROM/THE MIAMI VALLEY COMMUNITY/A CELEBRATION OF BICYCLING/ARTIST: JEROME B. MEADOWS/JULY 18, 1991 unsigned Description:  Two figures atop a bicycle. One is in a crouching position, leaning forward, his arms attached to the front limestone wheel and his proper left leg attached to the back wheel. A second figure sits atop the bottom figure's shoulders. He has his arms up in a gesture of victory. Subject:  Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Bicycling Architecture -- Vehicle -- Bicycle Figure group Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Miami Valley Regional Bicycle Committee, 40 West Fourth Street, 400 Miami Valley Tower, Dayton, Ohio 45402 Located Centennial Park, Dayton, Ohio Remarks:  See IAS files for photocopied Bicycle Committee correspondence with the artist, dated June 1, 1987, in which Meadows details his proposal for the sculpture and estimates the cost at $35,000. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1992. Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), July 19, 1991, vol. 114, no. 313. Downtowner (Dayton, OH), July 17-23, 1991. Illustration:  Image on file. Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), July 19, 1991, vol. 114, no. 313. 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 OH000023   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000023 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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