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Klavun, Betty,
Allegory -- Life
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Norwalk
Sculpture
The Family, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Klavun, Betty, sculptor.
Title:
The Family, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Commissioned July 1985. 1985. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: white Ferro cement; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 10 x 6 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 in. x Diam. 7 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Three abstract white concrete figures stand on an unpolished granite base. Two of the figures appear to be bipedal humans; the third has an elongated back and face and stands on all fours.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Life
--
Family
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Connecticut
--
Norwalk
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Connecticut
Commission on the Arts, Percent for Art Program, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford,
Connecticut
06106 Accession Number: CCA85.9/NN-145
Located State of
Connecticut
, Department of Mental Retardation Region 4, 146 Silvermine Avenue, Triangular plot near entrance,
Norwalk
,
Connecticut
06850
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was placed as part of the State of
Connecticut
's Percent for Art Program, and was purchased for $19,630. The two tall figures were inspired by male and female clowns on stilts and were used as an environmental circus
sculpture
. The horizontal figure was added for the
Connecticut
setting.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Connecticut
survey, 1994.
Connecticut
Commission on the Arts, 1990.
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 65730010
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
65730010
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