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Man with Briefcase is a Cor-Ten steel silhouette of an office worker by Jonathan Borofsky, made in 1987 to 1988 and about 26 feet 8 inches tall. The Smithsonian American Art Museum lists it as an exterior work on the east side of its Washington building.
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The Smithsonian American Art Museum lists Jonathan Borofsky's Man with Briefcase, a Cor-Ten steel silhouette made in 1987 to 1988, at the exterior, east side, of its building. The museum's record gives its size as 320 inches high (about 26 feet 8 inches), 94½ inches wide and 2¾ inches deep.
The museum describes the figure as portraying an urban Everyman. It says Borofsky was inspired in 1979 by a newspaper advertisement for men's suits and went on to make the archetypal office worker a recurring theme in his work. The number "3277542" on the figure's leg, the museum explains, reflects the artist's habit of "signing" his pieces with a number from a continuous sequence.
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A tall, thin steel silhouette of a man carrying a briefcase, listed by the museum as an exterior work on the east side of its building at 8th and G Streets NW. The museum's website describes the museum as open daily.
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Listed by the museum at the exterior, east side, of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 8th and G Streets NW, Washington, DC. The museum's website lists the museum as open daily.
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