John Safer
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| Born |
John Safer September 6, 1922 Washington, D.C., U.S.A. |
| Alma mater |
George Washington University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | sculptor, entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) |
Susanne Arvay (m. 1950–78) Joy Scott Safer (m. 1983) |
| Children |
Janine Whitney Mark Scott (step) |
| Website | www |
Janine Whitney
Tom Safer
Kathryn Scott
John Safer (born September 6, 1922) is an American sculptor. Safer's varied career spans work in theater lighting, television, real estate, politics and banking.
Safer is best known for his monumental sculptures, but he has also created many smaller works. These include award sculptures for organizations such as the National Air and Space Museum, the PGA Tour, the Georgetown University Lombardi Cancer Center, the World Peace Foundation, and the Shakespeare Guild.
Safer's works stand in museums, galleries and embassies throughout the world. In 1972 and in 1989 the U.S. Department of State sent a group of Safer sculptures abroad to be exhibited as examples of America's finest art.
Safer's earliest sculptures in the 1950s and 1960s were small works of Lucite. Over time he also began to work in bronze and stainless steel. The pieces became larger and in 1979 his first public commission, Judgment, a multi-ton patinated bronze, was installed at Harvard Law School in Cambridge,Massachusetts.
This was the first in a long string of public installations.
As the commissions grew in number they grew in size as well. Interplay, created in 1987, is 18 feet (5.5 m) high. Leading Edge, created in 1989, is 20 feet (6.1 m) high. His hallmark work, Ascent, which stands at the entrance of the Smithsonian Institution's Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport in Virginia, is 75 feet (23 m) high.
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