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    		• Bergen, Richard,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure female -- Nude
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Heritage Woman, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bergen, Richard, 1925- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Heritage Woman, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1976.
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    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 5 1/2 ft. x W. 32 in. (1200 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on rock outcropping:) HERITAGE WOMAN/BY/RICHARD BERGER/DONATED BY JUNIOR LEAGUE/1976 unsigned
    Description: 
    A muscular, nude woman, standing atop rock outcropping with fountain below.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Figure female -- Nude
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Wichita, Department of Parks and Recreation, 455 North Main, 11th Floor, Wichita, Kansas 67202
    Located Heritage Park, 204 South Main, behind Wichita Historical Museum, Wichita, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The $6,000 sculpture was commissioned by the Junior League for the new Heritage Square park which they developed for the city as a 50th anniversary project. IAS files contain related news articles from Wichita Eagle, Sept. 15, 1976; and from The Wichita Eagle and Beacon, Oct. 24, 1976. IAS files also contain newsletter of Wichita Junior League "Propeller," Dec. 1976.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet)
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Wichita Eagle and Beacon, Oct. 24, 1976.
    Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 9.
    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 75005000
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