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Father and Children, (sculpture). Artist:  Berge, Henry, 1908- , sculptor. Minor, Edward, architect. Title:  Father and Children, (sculpture). Dates:  1954. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 11 ft. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 9 in. Inscription:  HENRY BERGE '54 signed Description:  This horizontal relief depicts a father relaxing with two small children. The father reclines casually with his legs slightly bent and extended, leaning against his proper left arm. He holds a book in his proper right hand, with one finger marking his place. By his feet is a young girl on a scooter. She is turned around and looks toward the father with her proper left hand extended toward him. A small boy on his hands and knees leans against the father's proper left arm, holding a ball in his proper left hand. The figures rest on a narrow ledge over the entrance to the recreation center. Subject:  Figure group -- Family Recreation -- Leisure -- Home Life Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Bicycling Object -- Toy -- Ball Architecture -- Vehicle -- Bicycle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Baltimore, Baltimore Housing Authority, Public Housing-Engineering, 416 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Located Cherry Hill Homes Housing Project, 2700 Spellman Road, Recreation Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21225 Remarks:  The architect, Edward Minor, asked Henry Berge to create three concrete sculptures for three separate Baltimore housing projects built in the 1940s and 1950s. For the Cherry Hill Homes project, Minor chose the area over the recreation center entrance as the site for Berge's relief. It required a horizontal design and together Berge and Minor came up with the design. For related information see: Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987. References:  Berge, Henry, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1993. 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 74310008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74310008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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