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Storybooks, (sculpture). Artist:  Lundeen, George Wayne, 1948- , sculptor. Title:  Storybooks, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Jan. 30, 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze with patina; Foundation: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 50 x 70 x 32 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 73 in. x D. 4 in. Inscription:  (On top of bench proper right rear corner:) G. W. LUNDEEN/15/21/LOVELAND, CO, U.S.A. signed Description:  Three figures seated on a bench reading; a woman, a girl and a boy. The women holds an open book with her proper left hand, her proper right arm is around the boy. The boy has his proper right foot on the bench, as he holds an open book with both hands. The girl lies on the lap of the woman, and reads the boy's book. Subject:  Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Book Figure group -- Female & Child Homage -- Cook, Betty Object Type:  Bench Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Beatrice Sculpture Owner:  City of Beatrice, Beatrice Public Library, 100 North 16th Street, Beatrice, Nebraska 68310 Remarks:  Sculpture is no. 15 of a limited edition of 21, and was presented to the Beatrice Public Library by the Cook Family in recognition of Betty C. Cook, who was Chairman of the Beatrice Public Library Board, as well as the Building Committee. The sculpture was a project of the Beatrice Public Library Foundation, Inc. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque and brochure from the Beatrice Public Library and Arboreteum. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994. 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 NE000072   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000072 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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