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Sculptor:
Koelling, Dorothy L.  Search this
Founder:
Loveland Sculpture Works  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Wichita Landscape & Forestry Division 455 North Main Wichita Kansas 67202
Located A. Price Woodard Park Wichita Kansas
Date:
1994. Copyrighted 1994
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
Image on file.
The Wichita Eagle, June 27, 1994, pg. 8A.
(On right side of woman's skirt:) 1/5 (Symbol) signed Founder's mark appears.
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 sculpture of a pioneer woman and a young boy. The woman is dressed in a long flowing dress and bonnet; the boy in trousers and a brimmed cap. They are seen walking, the boy standing on the woman's proper left side. The woman's proper left hand holds the young boy's hand in hers; and her proper right hand clutches a Bible to her chest.
Topic:
History--United States--Westward Expansion  Search this
Figure group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Dress--Historic--Pioneer Dress  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Hat  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Bible  Search this
Homage--Price, Will G  Search this
Homage--Price, Eva M  Search this
Control number:
IAS KS000532
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_333236