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Calder, Clivia,
Calder, Ralph,
Children
Object -- Written Matter
Recreation -- Leisure
Animal -- Fish
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- East Lansing
Fountain
Sculpture
Children Reading, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Calder, Clivia, 1909- , sculptor.
Calder, Ralph, 1894-1969, architect.
Title:
Children Reading, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
ca. 1938.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: terra cotta; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 18 x 34 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 2 1/2 x 44 x 13 in.
Inscription:
(On rear, near base:) Clivia '3(transcription illegible) signed
Description:
A blue-glazed terra cotta
sculpture
depicting three girls seated side by side reading a book. The girl in the middle holds the book in her lap with her proper left hand and rests her proper right arm around the girl seated next to her. The
sculpture
sits atop a stone wall with a fountain on one side. The fountain spout is a blue-glazed terra cotta fish.
Subject:
Children
Object
--
Written Matter
--
Book
Recreation
--
Leisure
--
Reading
Animal
--
Fish
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Michigan
--
East
Lansing
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Michigan
State University, Grounds Department,
East
Lansing
,
Michigan
Located
Michigan
State University, Sarah Langdon Williams Hall,
East
Lansing
,
Michigan
References:
Hendry, Fay L., "
Outdoor
Sculpture
in
Lansing
," Okemos,
Michigan
: iota Press, 1980, pg. 106.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Michigan
survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Hendry, Fay L., "
Outdoor
Sculpture
in
Lansing
," Okemos,
Michigan
: iota Press, 1980, pg. 106.
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 87730037
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Control Number
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