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Fenton, Beatrice,
Figure male -- Child
Figure female -- Child
Object -- Toy
Object -- Toy
Gate
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Children's Hospital Gateposts, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fenton, Beatrice, 1887-1983, sculptor.
Title:
Children's Hospital Gateposts, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Boy with Baseball, (sculpture).
Boy with Football, (sculpture).
Girl with Ball, (sculpture).
Girl with Doll, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1931.
Medium:
Figure: limestone; Base: granite and brick.
Dimensions:
4 figures. Each figure: approx. H. 63 in.; Each base: approx. H. 170 in.
Description:
Four gateposts, each is a figure of a small child. There are two boys and two girls. One boy holds a ball and glove in his proper left hand and a bat by his proper right side. The second boy holds a football in his proper right hand and a helmet in his proper left hand. One girl stands with a dog, a ball and a doll at her feet with a doll in her proper right hand. The second girl holds a doll by one arm as it hangs down in front of her.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child -- Full length
Figure female -- Child -- Full length
Object -- Toy -- Ball
Object -- Toy -- Doll
Object Type:
Gate
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Administration, 34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Located Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Courtyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
IAS files contain copy of article from Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, Pennsylvania) which discusses the models who posed for these pieces.
References:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 301.
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 88320095
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Inventory of American Sculpture
88320095
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