First Place, (sculpture).

First Place, (sculpture).

Anderson, Jerry, 1935- , sculptor.

Adonis Bronze, founder.

First Place, (sculpture).

1988. Copyrighted 1988.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. 57 x 46 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 24 x 54 x 42 in.

JERRY ANDERSON 1988 #2 (Plaque on concrete base:) IN LOVING MEMORY OF/STEPHEN MITCHELL (1950-1992)/WHO TAUGHT CHILDREN TO DO THEIR BEST (Plaque on concrete base:) "FIRST PLACE"/ARTIST/JERRY ANDERSON/DONORS:/ROBERT AND MARILYN BROKAW signed

Mother and daughter at gymnastics meet. Mother is seated on gymnastic apparatus, as her daughter whispers in her ear. The daughter holds a first place ribbon in her proper right hand.

Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Gymnastics

Recreation -- Leisure -- Conversation

Figure group -- Female & Child

Outdoor Sculpture -- Utah -- St. George

Administered by Dixie College, Office of the President, 225 South 700 East, St. George, Utah 84770

Located Dixie Center, 425 South 700 East, east side of the Cox Fine Arts Center, St. George, Utah 84770

"First Place" was commissioned by Robert and Marilyn Brokaw, who donated the sculpture to the Dixie Center. The models for the sculpture were his grandaughter and her mother, Janelle and Lisa Anderson.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Utah survey, 1993.

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