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Baskin, Leonard,
Bedi-Makky Art Foundry,
Religion -- Old Testament
Religion -- Old Testament
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Ruth and Naomi, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, sculptor.
Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, founder.
Title:
Ruth and Naomi, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1978. Cast 1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 52 x 23 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 3 1/4 ft. x 29 1/4 in. x 13 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On back of
sculpture
, lower left:) L. Baskin 1978/(copyright symbol) Kennedy Galleries, Inc. NY/3/3 (Back of
sculpture
, lower right:) Bedi-Makky Fdry NY (Plaque on base reads:) RUTH AND NAOMI. 1978/Leonard Baskin. American (b. 1922)./Bronze. 53 inches high./Cast number 3 of 3. Signed "L. Baskin 1978"./Gift of Mr. Edwin A. Ulrich, Hyde Park, New York,/and the Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York. signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Two heavily draped female figures walking with their arms around each other, heads leaning inward.
Subject:
Religion
--
Old Testament
--
Ruth
Religion
--
Old Testament
--
Naomi
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Kansas
--
Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Wichita
State University, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 North Fairmount,
Wichita
,
Kansas
67260 Accession Number: 85.7
Located
Wichita
State University, West of Harvey D. Grace Chapel, east of Morrison Hall, and north of Campus Activities Center,
Wichita
,
Kansas
67208
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was cast in 1985, made with the artist's approval. IAS files contain excerpt from Irma B. Jaffe: The
Sculpture
of Leonard Baskin," Viking Press, 1980, pg. 218 (illus. 204-205), which discusses 1978 version of this
sculpture
. IAS files also excerpt from Kennedy Gallery catalog, "Leonard Baskin:
Sculpture
and Watercolors," April 1023, 1982, no. 6; and copy of pamphlet "
Outdoor
Sculpture
Collection: Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art,"
Wichita
State University, n.d.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Kansas
,
Wichita
survey, 1993.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying
Wichita
Through
Sculpture
,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet)
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through
Sculpture
,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 86.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying
Wichita
Through
Sculpture
,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 37.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through
Sculpture
,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 86.
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 88410069
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