Westminster Elementary School 612 N.W. 44th Street Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73118
Date:
1989. Dedicated spring 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996.
Image on file.
(On back proper left:) Smith'89 (On back proper right:) 7/9 (On metal plaque on top of base, directly in front of sculpture, raised:) IN APPRECIATION OF CHARLOTTE W. GIBBENS/HEADMISTRESS 1964-1993/"IT IS THE INSTINCT TO GIVE SHAPE TO WHAT/CONSTANTLY NEEDS SHAPING SO THAT OTHERS MAY/HAVE CONTOUR AND MEANING TO THEIR LIVES THAT/TELLS THE TRUE TEACHER THAT THERE IS NOTHING/ELSE TO BE DONE WITH ONE'S LIFE BUT TEACH."/A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI signed
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Summary:
A male child dressed in T-shirt and shorts, sitting cross-legged and barefoot. An open book, which he holds with both hands, rests on his lap. Figure is atop a box-like base.
