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Education and Recreation, (sculpture). Artist:  Berge, Henry, 1908- , sculptor. Minor, Edward, architect. Title:  Education and Recreation, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Recreation and Education, (sculpture). Dates:  1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Each sculpture: concrete aggregate; Each base: brick. Dimensions:  2 parts. Boy (Recreation): approx. 6 1/2 ft. x 24 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 52 x 38 x 38 in.; Girl (Education): approx. 7 ft. x 24 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 50 x 38 x 38 in. Description:  A boy and a girl, each standing on its own base, flank the entrance to the parking lot of the housing project. The boy plays a harmonica which he holds up to his mouth with both hands. The heal of his proper left foot is raised as if he is keeping time to the music. He is dressed in shorts and is barefoot. The girl holds an open book in her arms and appears to be reading as she takes a step forward with her proper left foot. She is dressed in a short dress and is barefoot. The figures rest on concrete-capped brick bases. Subject:  Children Occupation -- Education -- Student Object -- Musical Instrument -- Harmonica Object -- Written Matter -- Book Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Performing Arts -- Music Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Baltimore, Baltimore Housing Authority, Public Housing-Engineering, 416 East Fayette Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 Located McCulloh Homes Housing Project, McCulloh Street, Parking lot entrance, either side of driveway, Baltimore, Maryland 21217 Remarks:  The architect, Edward Minor, asked Henry Berge to create three concrete sculptures for three different Baltimore housing projects built in the 1940s and 1950s. The first commission was for the McCulloh Homes project. Minor asked Berge to create a free-standing girl and boy for the placement at the entrance to the housing project. Berge cast the pieces in the backyard of his home and received $1,400 for the commission. 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, 1992. 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 74310011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74310011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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