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    		• Mura-Davidson, Kay,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Literature -- Nash
     
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    		• Literature -- Milne
     
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    		• Literature -- Dishman
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Play Forms, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mura-Davidson, Kay, 1942- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Play Forms, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1973.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stoneware forms with blue and yellow majolica glazes; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 26 x 136 x 142 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 178 x 148 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Ten abstract animal forms in bright colors designed for children to play on. Children's verses of poetry in Hawaiian and English are painted on the surface.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal
    Literature -- Nash
    Literature -- Milne
    Literature -- Dishman
    Literature -- O'Neill
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
    Located Likelike Elementary School, 1618 Palama Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. IAS files contain transcription of verses found on sculpture, including poems by Ogden Nash, A.A. Milne, Nelda Dishman, and Mary O'Neill. IAS files also contain related newsclipping from Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Feb. 5, 1981, pg. D-1. The sculpture was restored in Dec. 1982, which included refilling the original polyurethane foam in the forms with concrete and styrofoam and resetting the cement base.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pg. 72-73.
    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 87600043
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