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Sculptor:
Callery, Mary 1903-1977  Search this
Founder:
Roman Bronze Works  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite or marble
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Commerce Bank Public Relations 1000 Walnut Kansas City Missouri 64199
Located 46th Terrace & Wornall Road Kansas City Missouri
Date:
1952
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(On plaque on base:) DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/DAVID K. JACKSON/1912-1991/AS A TOWERING BUSINESS AND/CIVIC LEADER HE LED BY EXAMPLE./HIS MORAL COMPASS WAS TRUE./HIS VISION CLEAR, HIS GIFTS TO/KANSAS CITY COUNTLESS./TODAY WE SEE THE FUTURE MORE/CLEARLY BECAUSE WE STAND ON HIS SHOULDERS. (Signed with artist's monogram) signed Founder's mark appears.
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.
Summary:
Abstract, elongated figures of male and female acrobats with birds. The female stands on the male's shoulders. Their proper left arms are extended, and they hold each other's proper right hand. Three birds are perched on the male's extended arm. They are connected to each other, and in turn to the female whose extended hand holds the outer bird's wing.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Figure group--Nude  Search this
Animal--Bird  Search this
Performing Arts--Circus--Acrobat  Search this
Homage--Jackson, David K  Search this
Control number:
IAS MO000164
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_319254