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Seasons, (sculpture). Artist:  Anderson, Larry, 1940-2018, sculptor. Title:  Seasons, (sculpture). Dates:  1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: stone and brick. Inscription:  (On plaque at corner of foundation:) SEASONS BY/LARRY/ANDERSON DEDICATED/TO/ALL/THE/PEOPLE OF/OUR/COMMUNITY/-1981/IN/MEMORY/OF/ROBERT/A./STRANAHAN/SR. FRANK/D./STRANAHAN/ORIGINAL/LOCATED/IN/TAKOMA, WA. unsigned Description:  Two figures -- an elderly man, dressed in slacks, a collared shirt, and shoes, sitting on a bench with his elbows resting on his knees and his hands extended outward and a young girl, dressed in shorts, a t-shirt, and shoes. She wears her hair in pig-tails, and kneels in front of the man offering him a leaf with her proper right hand. The sculpture rests on a square foundation. Subject:  Figure group Allegory -- Life Allegory -- Quality -- Charity Portrait male -- Legg, Merle -- Elderly Portrait female -- Anderson, Marti -- Child Object -- Furniture -- Bench Religion -- Old Testament -- Ecclesiastes Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Toledo Bench Sculpture Owner:  Community Services Building, At Summit and Jackson Streets, Toledo, Ohio Remarks:  Donated to the Community Services Building by the Stranahan Foundation in memory of Robert A. Stranahan, Sr. and Frank D. Stranahan. Inspiration for the title of the sculpture came from the message of Ecclesiastes, chapter 13 in the Old Testament. According to the sculptor, "the sculpture depicts people sharing with people," a theme embodied by the agencies housed in the Community Services Building. The artist's daughter was the model for the young girl. Merle Legg was the model for the older man. IAS files contain an undated article from the Point & Shoreland Journal; and two letters to the editor from The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), June 26, 1981. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Toledo 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 OH000440   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000440 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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