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  • Johnson, J. Seward, Jr.,
     
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  • Figure male -- Full length
     
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  • Recreation -- Craft
     
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  • Homage -- Tippett, Harold
     
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  • Occupation -- Education
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Kingston
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Whittling, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Whittling, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bench: wood, concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 4 ft.
    Description: 
    Full-length male figure seated on a wood and concrete bench. He wears a gray sweater with the collar of a white shirt visible at the neck, blue jeans and brown hiking boots. His proper right leg is crossed over his proper left leg. He holds a block of wood in his proper left hand and a whittling knife in his proper right. His gaze is directed down at his whittling.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Recreation -- Craft -- Whittling
    Homage -- Tippett, Harold
    Occupation -- Education -- Administrator
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Kingston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Sprague Avenue, Kingston, Pennsylvania 18704
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: "Whittling. By J. Seward Johnson Jr. Sited by Sculpture Placement, Washington, D.C." Nearby plaque: "In memory of Harold Tippett, Trustee, 1946-1984, Chairman of the Board, 1966-1973 and Ethel Partridge Tippett '28. June 1990."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001653
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