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INSTALLATION:  _Ben in the Sky with Inventions_
ORIGINAL INTERNATIONALLY COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED
FINE ART SCULPTURE
©2005 (calendar year two thousand+five) Isaac Falconer/Dr Saku Gunasegaram
 This Benjamin Franklin kite sculpture was sponsored by     Brandywine Realty Trust
     and
FEATURED "by" ABC (USA) news in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America media market area
 on Don Polec's action report in calendar year two thousand+five (2005) NOT "THE" "ORIGINAL" LINK
_SIMPLY_ _ONE_ EXAMPLE OF DON POLEC'S (!) WORK~TO GIVE READERS AN _IDEA_:
https://www.phillyvoice.com/channel-6-alum-don-polec-moves-closer-to-the-world/     +has long-since calendar year two-thousand+five (2005/2006):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uelJzyTrQU
taken down-as so many "old" PUBLISHED _LINKS_ are "routinely" taken down and off the internet.

The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published,
and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978 [nineteen seventy-eight],
copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 [seventy] years.
How Long Does Copyright Protection Last? (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office
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This original sculpture was selected by jury to be featured in the art exhibit
Kites:  Art Takes Flight  organized by the     Main Line Art Center     in honor/honour of
Benjamin Franklin's 300th (three hundredth) birthday in 2006 (in calendar year two-thousand+six)     .
The sculpture was     installed in a public outdoor space
     from April 9th  to October 14th 2006 (two thousand+six)
and auctioned off in a fundraiser.  A description of the auction event is available
on     Don Polec's world report     on  6ABC News WPVI-TV/DT Philadelphia, USA.

This Benjamin Franklin kite sculpture was sponsored by     Brandywine Realty Trust     .


_BUT_ ["we" were taught in freshman English honors/honours class _NEVER_ "ever" to "even" THINK of beginning an English-language sentence with the English word <but> BUT the Eminently English-language word _HOWEVER_ simply did not "work~in the case of _THIS_ Very English-language-sentence~"inside" "our" "fine artist" "heads"!] "The Universe" AND/OR "The Force" [as per Hollywood filmmaker George Lucas] AND/OR what Quakers [Members of The Religious Society of Friends:     https://www.merionfriends.org/     USA  Quakers] refer to as "The Light" "all" "decided" AND/OR "conspired" "together" that "all" of _THIS_ [the above] was "insufficient" "sweetness" _AND_ "sent" Abby Csaplar:     http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary.aspx?n=abby-csaplar&pid=187587057     STILL Very Much _ALIVE_ _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND+SIX _BUT_ she [Abby Csaplar] had been experiencing "The" "Most" _EXCRUCIATING_ _PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _EXCRUCIATING_ _PAIN_~from HER "personal" PHYSICAL SELF to SEE FOR HER_SELF_ WITH HER OWN _TWO_ _EYES_ _WHILE_ she [Abby Csaplar] was herself experiencing "The" "Most" EXCRUCIATING +PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _PAIN_ to "see" Dr. Gunasegaram's/Isaac Falconer's kite sculpture installations _IN_ _PERSON_ WITH HER [Abby Csaplar's] OWN TWO EYES _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX (2006).




    

 


_BUT_ ["we" were taught in freshman English honors/honours class _NEVER_ "ever" to "even" THINK of beginning an English-language sentence with the English word <but> BUT the Eminently English-language word _HOWEVER_ simply did not "work~in the case of _THIS_ Very English-language-sentence~"inside" "our" "fine artist" "heads"!] "The Universe" AND/OR "The Force" [as per Hollywood film maker George Lucas] AND/OR what Quakers [Members of The Religious Society of Friends:     https://www.merionfriends.org/     Quakers] refer to as "The Light" "all" "decided" AND/OR "conspired" "together" that "all" of _THIS_ [the above] was "insufficient" "sweetness" _AND_ "sent" Abby Csaplar:     http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary.aspx?n=abby-csaplar&pid=187587057     STILL Very Much _ALIVE_ _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND+SIX _BUT_ she [Abby Csaplar] had been experiencing "The" "Most" _EXCRUCIATING_ _PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _EXCRUCIATING_ _PAIN_~from HER "personal" PHYSICAL SELF to SEE FOR HER_SELF_ WITH HER OWN _TWO_ _EYES_ _WHILE_ she [Abby Csaplar] was herself experiencing "The" "Most" EXCRUCIATING +PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _PAIN_ to "see" Dr/ Gunasegaram's/Isaac Falconer's kite sculpture installations _IN_ _PERSON_ WITH HER [Abby Csaplar's] OWN TWO EYES _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX (2006).


INSTALLATION:  _Ben in the Sky with Inventions_
ORIGINAL INTERNATIONALLY COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED
FINE ART SCULPTURE
©2005 (calendar year two thousand+five) Isaac Falconer/Dr Saku Gunasegaram
 This Benjamin Franklin kite sculpture was sponsored by     Brandywine Realty Trust
     and
FEATURED "by" ABC (USA) news in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, North America media market area
on Don Polec's action report in calendar year two thousand+five (2005) NOT "THE" "ORIGINAL" LINK
_SIMPLY_ _ONE_ EXAMPLE OF DON POLEC'S (!) WORK~TO GIVE READERS AN _IDEA_:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq3CjiYFOf0     +has long-since calendar year two-thousand+five (2005)
taken down-as so many "old" PUBLISHED _LINKS_ are "routinely" taken down and off the internet.

The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published,
and, if so, the date of first publication. As a general rule, for works created after January 1, 1978 [nineteen seventy-eight],
copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 [seventy] years.

How Long Does Copyright Protection Last? (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office

https://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-duration.html

_Ben in the Sky with Inventions_ ©2005 (copyright-protected since calendar year two thousand+five) c. Falconer/Gunasegaram 
Height of Kite Body:  27 (twenty-seven) inches  Tail of the Kite:  33 (thirty-three) inches
TOTAL HEIGHT:  60 inches (sixty inches=5 feet)  TOTAL WIDTH OF KITE BODY:  26.5 (twenty-six point five) inches
TOTAL WEIGHT OF ENTIRE KITE SCULPTURE: 0.5 or ½ lb.  (pound)
ORIGINAL INTERNATIONALLY COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED
FINE ART SCULPTURE

MATERIALS:  Wind-tolerant and wind-tested sturdy nylon fabric, fiber glass, nylon thread, acrylic paint, triple layer of clear acrylic glaze

The images on the kite depict Benjamin Franklin’s face (as seen in reproductions of his portrait at the Smithsonian Museum)
with cartoons of his four major inventions reading from left to right and top to bottom on the kite:
(1)   an odometer he used to attach to his carriage to measure postal routes  (2)   the widely-used (in his day) Franklin stove
(3)   bifocals  (4)   lightning bells
The body of the kite further includes an image of a hot-air balloon. 
Franklin     noted in his diary that he thoroughly enjoyed a ride he had taken in a hot-air balloon while in France
[ FRANCE IN CALENDAR YEAR TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX _STILL_ INSIDE THE EUROPEAN UNION].
The French Assistors to America breaking perfectly free of The British Empire’s clutches:
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1776-1783/french-alliance          .
_CENTURIES_ _LATER_ it was
The French _RESISTANCE_:          https://guides.loc.gov/french-resistance-world-war-two         
who had to _BEG_ Win$ton Churchill to HELP! France defeat Hitler+Mussolini+The World War TWO
Nazis.

INSTALLATION:  _Ben in the Sky with Inventions_
ORIGINAL FINE ART SCULPTURE
©2006 (calendar year two thousand+six) Isaac Falconer/Dr Saku Gunasegaram
 This Benjamin Franklin kite sculpture was sponsored by     Brandywine Realty Trust     .

ORIGINAL INTERNATIONALLY COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED
FINE ART SCULPTURE
©2005 (calendar year two thousand+five) Isaac Falconer/Dr Saku Gunasegaram


_BUT_ ["we" were taught in freshman English honors/honours class _NEVER_ "ever" to "even" THINK of beginning an English-language sentence with the English word <but> BUT the Eminently English-language word _HOWEVER_ simply did not "work~in the case of _THIS_ Very English-language-sentence~"inside" "our" "fine artist" "heads"!] "The Universe" AND/OR "The Force" [as per Hollywood filmmaker George Lucas] AND/OR what Quakers [Members of The Religious Society of Friends:     https://www.merionfriends.org/     USA Quakers] refer to as "The Light" "all" "decided" AND/OR "conspired" "together" that "all" of _THIS_ [the above] was "insufficient" "sweetness" _AND_ "sent" Abby Csaplar:     http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/telegram/obituary.aspx?n=abby-csaplar&pid=187587057     STILL Very Much _ALIVE_ _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO THOUSAND+SIX _BUT_ she [Abby Csaplar] had been experiencing "The" "Most" _EXCRUCIATING_ _PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _EXCRUCIATING_ _PAIN_~from HER "personal" PHYSICAL SELF to SEE FOR HER_SELF_ WITH HER OWN _TWO_ _EYES_ _WHILE_ she [Abby Csaplar] was herself experiencing "The" "Most" EXCRUCIATING +PERSONAL_ _PHYSICAL_ _PAIN_ to "see" Dr/ Gunasegaram's/Isaac Falconer's kite sculpture installations _IN_ _PERSON_ WITH HER [Abby Csaplar's] OWN TWO EYES _IN_ CALENDAR YEAR TWO-THOUSAND AND SIX (2006).