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    		• Johnson, J. Seward, Jr.,
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Henderson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Big Sister, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Big Sister, (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Painted bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 4 x 4.5 x 2.5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A kneeling, teenage girl tying the proper left shoe of a younger, standing female child. The teenager wears a blue skirt and a white blouse. Both figures have hair pulled into ponytails and held in place with blue barrettes.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Figure group -- Family -- Siblings
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Henderson
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by American Nevada Corporation, 2501 North Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, Nevada 89014
    Located Northwest corner of Green Valley Parkway & Sunset Road, Henderson, Nevada
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque reads: BIG SISTER/BY J. SEWARD JOHNSON/SITED BY SCULPTURE PLACEMENT, LTD, WASHINGTON, D.C. IAS files also contain newsclipping from Las Vegas Sun, July 24, 1988, pg. 3, in which artist discusses this sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000048
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