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The Rocket Child, the Future Achiever, (sculpture). Artist:  Greene, Norman M., sculptor. Title:  The Rocket Child, the Future Achiever, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: reinforced composite materials; Base: reinforced concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 17 ft. x 5 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in; Base: approx. 3 x 12 x 12 ft. x Diam. 15 ft. Inscription:  (illegible) 90 signed Description:  A rocket lifting off a round three-tiered base. Sculpted in bas-relief within the body of the rocket are two students, who reach upward. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Education -- Student Architecture -- Vehicle -- Spacecraft Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Rockwell Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Montgomery County Public Schools, Division of Construction, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850 Located Montgomery Blair High School, 250 Richard Montgomery Drive, Rockwell, Maryland Remarks:  The idea for the sculpture derived from The Rockets, the name of the school's athletic teams. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 MD000543   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000543 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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