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Sculptor:
Umlauf, Charles 1911-1994  Search this
Founder:
Fonderia Battaglia  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: black granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Fountain
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by University of Texas at Austin President's Office Main Building, Room 400, P. O. Box T Austin Texas 78713
Located University of Texas at Austin In front of entrance to Undergraduate Library, Guadalupe at 23rd Street Austin Texas 78712
Date:
Modeled 1960/1961. 1962. Installed Feb. 1963
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin survey, 1995.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Summary:
Two men, running side-by-side, passing a torch between them. Both men are nude except for a small loincloth. Their forward feet join a peaked bronze ground off of which they appear to be pushing. The bronze self base rests atop a larger block of black granite forming the center front enclosure of a fountain.
Topic:
Figure group--Male--Nude  Search this
Object--Other--Torch  Search this
Control number:
IAS 77006259
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_21921