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Ruth and Naomi, (sculpture). Artist:  Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, sculptor. Bedi-Makky Art Foundry, founder. Title:  Ruth and Naomi, (sculpture). Dates:  1978. Cast 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 52 x 23 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 3 1/4 ft. x 29 1/4 in. x 13 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On back of sculpture, lower left:) L. Baskin 1978/(copyright symbol) Kennedy Galleries, Inc. NY/3/3 (Back of sculpture, lower right:) Bedi-Makky Fdry NY (Plaque on base reads:) RUTH AND NAOMI. 1978/Leonard Baskin. American (b. 1922)./Bronze. 53 inches high./Cast number 3 of 3. Signed "L. Baskin 1978"./Gift of Mr. Edwin A. Ulrich, Hyde Park, New York,/and the Kennedy Galleries, New York, New York. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Two heavily draped female figures walking with their arms around each other, heads leaning inward. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Ruth Religion -- Old Testament -- Naomi Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Wichita State University, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 North Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67260 Accession Number: 85.7 Located Wichita State University, West of Harvey D. Grace Chapel, east of Morrison Hall, and north of Campus Activities Center, Wichita, Kansas 67208 Remarks:  The sculpture was cast in 1985, made with the artist's approval. IAS files contain excerpt from Irma B. Jaffe: The Sculpture of Leonard Baskin," Viking Press, 1980, pg. 218 (illus. 204-205), which discusses 1978 version of this sculpture. IAS files also excerpt from Kennedy Gallery catalog, "Leonard Baskin: Sculpture and Watercolors," April 1023, 1982, no. 6; and copy of pamphlet "Outdoor Sculpture Collection: Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art," Wichita State University, n.d. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993. Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet) Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 86. Illustration:  Image on file. Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 37. Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 86. 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 88410069   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88410069 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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