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Loomis, Janice,
Figure -- Child
Recreation -- Leisure
Literature -- Baum
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Object -- Written Matter
Landscape -- Imaginary
Disaster -- Storm
Object -- Flower
Architecture -- Vehicle
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Enfield
Sculpture
(Child Reading
Wizard
of
Oz
), (sculpture).
Artist:
Loomis, Janice, sculptor.
Title:
(Child Reading
Wizard
of
Oz
), (sculpture).
Dates:
1988. Copyrighted 1988. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 27 x 43 x 3 in.
Inscription:
(Lower right corner:) (copyright symbol) JLoomis/88 signed
Description:
A bas-relief of a young child sitting on the ground and reading a book held in its hands. Appearing to walk towards the child along a curving brick road are characters from the "
Wizard
of
Oz
," including Dorothy, Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion. In the upper left corner as if flying in the air is the Wicked Witch of the West on a broomstick, and in the upper right corner is a tornado. In the background are a balloon and the Emerald City. In the foreground is a field of poppies.
Subject:
Figure
--
Child
--
Full length
Recreation
--
Leisure
--
Reading
Literature
--
Baum
--
Wizard
of
Oz
Literature
--
Character
--
Dorothy
Literature
--
Character
--
Toto
Literature
--
Character
--
Scarecrow
Literature
--
Character
--
Tin Man
Literature
--
Character
--
Cowardly Lion
Literature
--
Character
--
Wicked Witch of the West
Object
--
Written Matter
--
Book
Landscape
--
Imaginary
Disaster
--
Storm
--
Tornado
Object
--
Flower
--
Poppy
Architecture
--
Vehicle
--
Balloon
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Connecticut
--
Enfield
Sculpture
Owner:
Enfield Central Library, 104 Middle Road, Rear entrance, Enfield, Connecticut 06082
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Gift of the artist to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Enfield Library. IAS files contain related article from The Hartford Courant, Oct. 7, 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000171
Copy/Holding information
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CT000171
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