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Sculptor:
Hess, Virginia Krause  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick and concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Children's Medical Center One Children's Plaza Entrance Dayton Ohio 45404
Date:
Dedicated 1991
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1993.
Summary:
A triangular-shaped sculpture consisting of three bas-reliefs panels one on each face of the triangle. Each relief depicting a child at play. On one panel, the oldest boy, Lamont, carries a soccer ball under his proper left arm. He wears a baseball hat and his shoes are untied. On another panel, a little boy, Kyle, holds a balloon in his proper right hand. His teddy bear is at his proper left foot and he has a bandaid on his proper right knee. On another panel, a little girl, Chloe, wears a ruffled short-sleeved, short dress, ruffled socks and ribbons in her hair. A small doll dressed exactly like her rests at her proper left foot. Above her head is a kite. The sculpture is mounted upon a circular base.
Topic:
Children  Search this
Object--Toy--Ball  Search this
Object--Toy--Doll  Search this
Object--Toy--Kite  Search this
Object--Toy--Animal  Search this
Control number:
IAS OH000451
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_329654