YMCA Relief

Artist: Clifton E. Adams So. (1904-1995) - Fort Dodge, IA Location: Fort Dodge Community Recreation Center, 1422 1st Avenue South Year: 1964. Installed 1965 Dimensions: 333, two foot square panels Medium: Concrete Description: 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. Fort Dodge Historical Preservation Commission, 2006. A large concrete relief consisting of 333, two foot square panels, installed on the facade of the YMCA, which together depict thirteen figures depicting activities and services available at the YMCA. The figures include a golfer, two swimmers, a weight lifter, three basketball players, a clergyman, two dancers, two boxers, and a tennis player. In the late 1980s the YMCA expanded, and the new addition now encloses one half of the relief. Funded by: Website: http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_ari_390871