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    Children Playing Train at the Switch, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Children Playing Train at the Switch, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze and steel, partially painted; Base: concrete and metal.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 7 x 4 x 15 ft.; Base: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 17 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Five children, playing on a train track, stand in single file with arms placed in front of them and out to their sides. At the rear of the sculpture is a sign for the railway switch.
    Subject: 
    Children
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Games
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Auburn
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City of Auburn, Arts Commission, 25 West Main Street, City Hall, Auburn, Washington 98001
    Coadministered by City of Auburn, Parks Division, 25 West Main Street, City Hall, Auburn, Washington 98001
    Located City Hall, 25 West Main Street, Auburn, Washington
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque reads: "Children Playing Train at the Switch"/by/Richard Beyer/1991/Commissioned in Honor/of the/City of Auburn's Centennial/1891 - 1991/City of Auburn Arts Commission.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995.
    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 WA000163
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