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    		• Anderson, Larry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Legg, Merle
     
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    		• Portrait female -- Anderson, Marti
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Object -- Foliage
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Tacoma
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Leaf, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Anderson, Larry, 1940-2018, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Leaf, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Seasons, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Dec. 14, 1975.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze and steel; Base: bricks and concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 43 1/2 x 65 x 53 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 96 x 72 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bronze plaque on top, front of base, raised lettering:) "THE LEAF"/CREATED BY LARRY ANDERSON/SPONSORED BY/CITY OF TACOMA, GORDON JOHNSTON, MAYOR/WASHINGTON STATE ARTS COMMISSION/AND THE COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT/AND TRAINING ACT/DEDICATED DECEMBER 14, 1975 unsigned
    Description: 
    An older bald man, in a short-sleeved shirt and lace-up shoes, sits on a park bench and leans forward with forearms resting on his thighs. A young girl with pig tails, wearing shorts and a short-sleeved shirt, kneels in front of him, holding a leaf in her proper right hand as if showing it to him. The man touches the girl's proper left hand with his proper right hand and touches the leaf with his proper left hand as if explaining something to the young girl. The sculpture is bronze with steel support underneath the bench, and is mounted on a square base of bricks set into concrete.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Legg, Merle -- Elderly
    Portrait female -- Anderson, Marti -- Child
    Object -- Furniture -- Bench
    Object -- Foliage
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Tacoma
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Tacoma, Tacoma Arts Commission, 747 South Market Street, #134, Tacoma, Washington 98402
    Located Wright Park, 6th & I, Tacoma, Washington
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was sponsored by the City of Tacoma, the Washington State Arts Commission, and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA). The artist's daughter, five year-old Marti Anderson, served as the model for the child, and Merle Legg was the model for the man. The artist calls the sculpture "a moment of sharing that cuts across time." Frequently, children climb on the male figure. IAS files contain a related article from the Tacoma News Tribune & Sunday Ledger, Sept. 11, 1977, pg. 6-7.
    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 WA000247
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