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Kearney, John,
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Baum
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
The Tin Man, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kearney, John, 1924-2014, sculptor.
Title:
The Tin Man, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Oct.1995.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Car bumpers.
Inscription:
(On bronze plaque on front of base:) THE TIN MAN / from / THE
WIZARD
OF
OZ
/ by Frank
Baum
/ Welcomes You / to /
OZ
PARK / A Heartfelt Salute / to the Community / from the LINCOLN PARK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE / October 1995 (On bronze plaque on back of base:) Sculpture by / John Kearney / Commissioned by / Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce
Description:
Figure of the Tin Man from Frank
Baum
's "The
Wizard
of
Oz
" installed atop a square base bearing an inscription plaque.
Subject:
Literature
--
Character
--
Tin Man
Literature
--
Baum
--
Wizard
of
Oz
Object Type:
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Illinois
--
Chicago
Owner:
Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
Located
Oz
Park, 2021 N. Burling Street, Chicago, Illinois 60614
Remarks:
One of several
Wizard
of
Oz
characters by John Kearney installed around
Oz
Park. In the early 1990s, the
Oz
Park Advisory Council and the Lincoln Park Chamber of Commerce commissioned artist John Kearney to create The Tin Man sculpture. In May 2001, the sculpture of the Cowardly Lion was installed, in June 2005, the sculpture of the Scarecrow was installed, and in the Spring of 2007, the sculpture of Dorothy and Toto was installed.
References:
Inventory Staff, 2011.
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 71500986
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Inventory of American Sculpture
71500986
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