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The Children, (sculpture). Artist:  Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor. Title:  The Children, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Victor Dickinson Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1985. Dedicated Feb. 24, 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast aluminum; Bench: stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 46 x 37 1/2 x 27 1/2 in.; Bench: approx. 15 3/4 x 49 1/2 x 23 3/4 in. Inscription:  (Along top edge of stone bench:) DEDICATED TO VICTOR DICKINSON EDUCATOR, FRIEND AND CARING MEMBER OF THE RAINIER BEACH COMMUNITY Description:  Three full-length figures of children of different races reading. A boy and a girl sit on a stone bench. The boy is reading a book which he holds open on his lap. The girl sits to his proper left. She holds a book on her lap; the book is turned face down. A young boy stands in front of the girl facing her, his hands on the book in her lap. Subject:  Children Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Book Ethnic -- African American Ethnic -- Asian American Ethnic -- Caucasian Homage -- Dickinson, Victor Occupation -- Education -- Principal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Rainier Beach Library, 9125 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  Victor Dickinson was principal at Emerson Elementary School for 30 years and was a leader in the community. $8,000 of the total cost of $15,000 for the sculpture was raised by the Victor Dickinson Memorial Fund Committee. The sculpture was cast at the artist's son's foundry in Idaho. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Beacon Hill News, Feb. 6 and 27, 1985, and "Seattle Arts", June 1985. IAS files contain copies of related Library Memorandum and Dedication Program. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington 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 WA000364   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000364 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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