Danbury Family, (sculpture).

Danbury Family, (sculpture).

Jencks, Penelope, 1936- , sculptor.

Danbury Family, (sculpture).

Installed April 10, 1987.

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Bronze on granite base.

Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. 8 in. x 1 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 4 in.

A larger than life-size man and woman dressed in casual modern clothes, seated and holding a child between them.

Figure group -- Family

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Danbury

Administered by Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Percent for Art Program, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Accession Number: CCA87.2/JD-48

Located at Danbury Superior Court, 146 White Street, Front of building, Danbury, Connecticut 06810

Purchased for $51,650. Bronze plaque on outside center brick wall reads: DANBURY FAMILY/PENELOPE JENCKS/COMMISSIONED BY THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT/FOR/THE SUPERIOR COURT, DANBURY/THROUGH THE/DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATRATIVE SERVICES/AND THE/CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON THE ARTS/1987

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1990.

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