Administered by City of Forest Grove P. O. Box 326 Forest Grove Oregon 97116
Located Forest Grove Library Pacific Avenue Forest Grove Oregon
Date:
1978. Dedicated Oct. 14, 1978
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1994.
Image on file.
Johnson Atelier, Princeton New Jersey (On plaque on base:) PRESENTED BY HUGH MCGILVRA/PUBLISHER-NEWS-TIMES 1928-78 (On second plaque:) 1978/NEWSPAPER READER/SCULPTURE BY J. SEWARD JOHNSON, JR./FABRICATED BY JOHNSON ATELIER, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length male figure wearing a suit, tie and hat sits on a bench and reads a newspaper. His proper left leg is crossed over his proper right leg. He holds the open newspaper in both hands, and two additional sections lay at his proper left side. The open paper contains the text of a News-Times story about the Local Workers Act of 1976 which allowed for the building of the Library where this sculpture is sited. The papers on the bench are editions of the News-Times from 1928.
