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  1. Fast Lane by Luke Achterberg, Image 3.

    Luke Achterberg

    Fast Lane

    Powder coated steel

    216 in

  2. Untitled by Rebecca Harrison, Image 1.

    Rebecca Harrison

    Untitled

    Latex on vinyl wrap

  3. Helios by Linda Fleming, Image 1.

    Linda Fleming

    Helios

    powder-coated steel

    100 x 110 x 56 in

  4. Steel Watercolor Blue Arc by Fletcher Benton, Image 2.

    Fletcher Benton

    Steel Watercolor Blue Arc

    Painted steel

    120 in

  5. House3 by Bruce Frasier, Image 3.

    Bruce Frasier

    House3

    Steel & Stone

    36 x 152 x 24 in

  6. Aerial Production by DeOld Anderson Architecture, Image 1.

    DeOld Anderson Architecture

    Aerial Production

    Print

    960 x 240 in

  7. Totem by Catherine Ferguson, Image 3.

    Catherine Ferguson

    Totem

    Aluminum

    300 x 102 in

  8. Dreaming by Albert Rhea, Image 1.

    Albert Rhea

    Dreaming

    Stainless Steel & Concrete

    84 x 84 x 24 in

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About the artist

Robert Tait McKenzie

Canadian

1867-1938

R. Tait McKenzie was a Canadian sculptor and medical practitioner, born in Almonte, Ontario, of Scottish parents. After graduating in 1892 with an MD from McGill University, Montreal, he began his medical career at Montreal General Hospital, later serving as a ship’s surgeon before becoming House Physician to the Governor-General of Canada in 1897. His work as a lecturer in anatomy and Medical Director in Physical Training at McGill University led him to the subject of ‘artistic anatomy’, and in 1902 he began to contribute sculptures, ‘chiefly athletic in character’, to the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon. Thereafter, his development as an artist and his work as a Professor of Physical Education at the University of Pennsylvania were closely intertwined, and in 1912 he was awarded the King of Sweden’s Medal for his sculptures at the Olympic Games in Stockholm. His concern for the promotion of physical health also led to a close involvement with the American Boy Scout movement, which in turn generated a sculptural response in such works as the monument to The Ideal Boy Scout in Philadelphia (erected 1937, removed 2014), where McKenzie lived from 1904.
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