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Rossi, Dario,
Dixie Granite Company,
Portrait male -- Rossi, Mauro
Recreation -- Leisure
Object -- Written Matter
Animal -- Squirrel
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
Sculpture
Child Reading, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rossi,
Dario
,
sculptor
.
Dixie Granite Company, fabricator.
Title:
Child Reading, (sculpture).
Dates:
1970. Dedicated Sept. 1970.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Dixie blue granite; Base: Buena black granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 27 x 26 1/2 x 15 in.; Base: approx. 40 x 32 x 15 in.
Inscription:
(Left side of sculpture:)
DARIO
ROSSI (Front of base, in goldleaf, incised:) CHILD READING/DONATED BY/ELBERTON CIVIL LEAGUE/1970 signed
Description:
A young boy, Mauro Rossi, sits on the ground with his legs off to his proper right, his proper left elbow resting on a raised surface. He reads a book that he holds at chest level. He wears a collared shirt, belted pants, and is barefoot. A playful squirrel climbs up on his crossed proper right knee. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular, inscribed base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Rossi, Mauro -- Child
Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Animal -- Squirrel
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Elberton
Sculpture
Owner:
Elbert County Library, 345 Heard Street, Elberton, Georgia 30635
Remarks:
Donated by the Elberton Civic League in cooperation with Dan Ambrosini, owner of Dixie Granite Company. The Dixie Granite company suggested the idea for the sculpture, designed and fabricated the base. The child in the sculpture, Mauro Rossi, is the
sculptor
's son. IAS files contain a related article from the Elberton Graniteer (Spring 1971): cover, pg. 3.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Elberton Graniteer (Spring 1971): cover.
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 GA000276
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Inventory of American Sculpture
GA000276
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