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Sculptor:
Mellor, Babs  Search this
Contractor:
Gagna, Duane  Search this
Founder:
Shidoni Foundry  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze with brown patina; Base: granite and brick
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Newton Public Library 720 North Oak Corner of 7th & Oak Newton Kansas 67114
Date:
Cast 1979. Copyrighted 1979. Dedicated Jan. 1980
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
Image on file.
The Newton Kansan, Sept. 4, 1991, pg. 3.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
A small boy dressed in a sailor suit is seated on a large granite boulder holding a toy sailboat in his proper right hand. Beneath the boulder is a brick base.
Topic:
Figure male--Child--Full length  Search this
Object--Toy--Boat  Search this
Control number:
IAS KS000505
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_332301