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Salerno, Gino,
Literature -- Character
Object -- Tool
Literature -- Baum
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
The Tin Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Salerno
,
Gino
,
1962-
,
sculptor
.
Title:
The Tin Man, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Wizard of Oz Character, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted tree trunk; Base: rock.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 65 x 21 1/4 x 25 in.; Base: approx. 19 1/2 in. x 5 ft. 1 in. x 1 ft. 8 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
The Tin Man is seated on a large rock. His arms are bent at the elbow and his hands are resting against his stomach. He is holding an axe in his proper right hand.
Subject:
Literature -- Character -- Tin Man
Object -- Tool -- Axe
Literature -- Baum -- Wizard of Oz
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wichita, Department of Parks and Recreation, 455 North Main, 11th Floor, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Located Watson Park, 3055 South Laurence Road, Wichita, Kansas 67217
Remarks:
The artist has sculpted approximately twenty characters from the "Wizard of Oz" to be displayed along a yellow brick road in Watson Park. Unlike
Salerno
's other park project, all of the Wizard of Oz characters are sculpted from dead tree trunks that have been removed from other parks and brought to the Watson Park site. The sculptures were commissioned by the Wichita Park Alliance.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
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 KS000029
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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