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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Shapiro, Sally,     Nordhammer Foundry,     Portrait male -- Cohn, Arthur Louis     Portrait female -- Holloway, Jessica     Portrait female -- Holloway, Jessica     State of Being -- Emotion     Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento     Sculpture

Arthur Cohn Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Shapiro, Sally, sculptor. Nordhammer Foundry, founder. Title:  Arthur Cohn Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1989. Cast Oct. 1989. Copyrighted 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in. x 1 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 3 in. x 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 1 in. Inscription:  S. Shapiro/(copyright symbol) 1989 Nordhamer (sic) (On plaque on front of base:) A gift/to the children/from/Arthur Louis Cohn/who loved them. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A portrait of two people, facing each other while kneeling and holding hands with the other. The figure on the left is Arthur Louis Cohn, an adult male dressed in a sport shirt and slacks. The figure on the right is Jessica Holloway, a girl and Cohn's goddaughter. She is wearing a dress, and her hair is braided in several short braids. Subject:  Portrait male -- Cohn, Arthur Louis -- Full length Portrait female -- Holloway, Jessica -- Full length Portrait female -- Holloway, Jessica -- Child State of Being -- Emotion -- Love Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sacramento Sculpture Owner:  Administered by California State University, Sacramento, Outdoor Art Committee, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, California 95819 Located California State University, Sacramento, Child Development Center entryway, Sacramento, California Remarks:  Commissioned by Mrs. Lucille Cohn, a 1956 graduate and, at the time of commissioning, also a student at California State University, Sacramento, as a memorial to her late husband, Arthur Louis Cohn. A gift to the university, the sculpture depicts Cohn and his five-year-old goddaughter, Jessica Holloway, and honors Cohn's love for children. The artist, a student at the University, was selected in a campus-wide student competition. It is the artist's first commissioned work, and she used photographs of Cohn to sculpt the work. The statue is located at the University's Children's Center, and is sited so that children can interact with it. IAS files contain article from California State Hornet 51 (Sept. 29, 1992), pg. 3-4, and materials from an unidentified source. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. California State Hornet, 51 (Sept. 29, 1992): pg. 3. Note:  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. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000529   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000529 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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