(Logger Under the Trees), (sculpture).

(Logger Under the Trees), (sculpture).

Beyer, Richard, 1925-2012, sculptor.

(Logger Under the Trees), (sculpture).

Dedicated 1990.

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Sculpture: aluminum; Base: granite (?).

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 29 in. x 17 1/2 in.; Base: approx. H. 7 in. x W. 32 in. x Diam. 41 in.

Standing figure of a logger carrying a little boy on his shoulders. The logger is holding the boy's ankles with both hands. The little boy's hands rest on the logger's head. Both figures are looking up into the tall fir trees which surround the sculpture. The base of the sculpture is a small boulder.

Figure group -- Male & Child

Occupation -- Industry -- Lumber

Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Shelton

Administered by Shelton Library Board, Shelton, Washington

Located William G. Reed Library, 710 West Alder Street, Shelton, Washington 98584

The cost of this sculpture was $13,500. IAS files contain related articles from Shelton-Mason County Journal (Shelton, WA), July 14, 1989, which includes photograph of model for sculpture; and Shelton-Mason County Journal (Shelton, WA), April 19, 1990, pg. 13.

For related information see the Seattle Art Commission's "A Field Guide to Seattle's Public Art," Seattle: Seattle Art Commission, 1991; "A Directory of Seattle's Public Art," Seattle, 1992; and James Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.

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