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Sculptor:
Jencks, Penelope 1936-  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Chelsea Chelsea Massachusetts
Located Chelsea Square Broadway & Park Street Chelsea Massachusetts
Date:
1977-1978
Notes:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 131.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 131.
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:
Group of three figures, a young man, an older man, and a little girl, engaged in a conversation. The young man, modeled after a Chelsea High School track star, is dressed in a t-shirt and stands with proper left hand on his proper left hip. The older man, modeled on a retired high school science teacher, is dressed in a suit and holds a book up to his chest with his proper right hand. With his proper right hand, he reaches up to his face to adjust a pair of eyeglasses which are now missing. The little girl, modeled after the artist's daughter, is dressed in a leotard leans against a park bench and stares at the young man standing across from her.
Topic:
Recreation--Leisure--Conversation  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Figure female--Child--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Education--Student  Search this
Occupation--Education--Teacher  Search this
Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this
Dress--Accessory--Eye wear  Search this
Control number:
IAS 87740181
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_299780