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Teaching Children Since 1878, (sculpture). Artist:  Avati, James R., sculptor. Harding, C. L., sculptor. Tidwell, Dennis, sculptor. Wasatch Bronzeworks, founder. Title:  Teaching Children Since 1878, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 75 x 44 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 3 x 45 x 45 in. Inscription:  James R. Avati Wasatch Bronzeworks/Lehi, Utah (Relief panel 3:) C L Harding (Relief panel 4:) Dennis Tidwell signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A boy, woman, and girl are dressed in period clothes from the 1800s. The woman stands in the center with an arm around each child. The boy stands to the woman's proper right side. With his proper right hand he is holding a book at his side, while his proper left hand is in his back pocket. The girl stands to the woman's proper left side. She is holding an open book in front of her with both hands. The sculpture is the central piece of a larger plaza setting, which includes 16 bronze or brass relief plaques on surrounding stucco wall with inscriptions on the history of education in Mesa and 4 columns from the original Mesa High School (formerly known as the second Abraham Lincoln School). Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Occupation -- Education -- Student Object -- Written Matter -- Book History -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Architecture -- Education Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Mesa Sculpture Owner:  East Valley Institute of Technology, 200 South Center Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201 Remarks:  A signed and numbered prototype of the central sculpture is in the Mesa Public Library, Mesa Room. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona 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 AZ000073   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AZ000073 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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