Teamwork (sculpture)

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Teamwork

Artist	Omri Amrany
Year	2001
Type	bronze
Dimensions	380 cm (148 in)
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owner	Miller Park

Teamwork is a public sculpture by Omri Amrany located at Miller Park west of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Teamwork is cast in bronze and honors three Iron Workers Local 8 members killed during the construction of the new baseball stadium.^[1] The sculpture was commissioned by the Habush, Habush and Rottier Charitable Foundation for $250,000.^[2]

Description

Teamwork depicts three figures dressed for construction work. The men all wear jeans, t-shirts, boots and hardhats. One holds a clipboard.

Information

The sculpture honors William DeGrave, Jerome Starr and Jeffrey Wischer, three ironworkers who were killed by a piece of the stadium's retractable roof that fell when a crane failed during the construction of Miller Park. The widows of the workers, Marjorie DeGrave, Ramona Dulde-Starr and Patricia Wischer, settled a lawsuit against crane-maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America for $57 million.^[1] Attorney Robert L. Habush represented two of the widows in their suit.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Doyle, Candace (6 June 2001). "Monument, statue honor Miller Park workers". The Daily Reporter. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
↑ Sweeney, Nicole (6 June 2001). "Monument to honor Miller Park workers, crane accident victims". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Statue will honor Miller Park workers". onmilwaukee.com. 17 July 2001. Retrieved 8 July 2012.

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