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The Delights of Reading, (sculpture). Artist:  Rosenberg, Lilli Ann Killen, 1924- , sculptor. Title:  The Delights of Reading, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned Feb. 1988. Aug. 1988 Digital Reference:  Medium:  Mosaic of ceramic, mirrored glass, tile, found objects, and print type letters in concrete forms. Dimensions:  Approx. 7 ft. x 10 ft. x 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on wall:) THE DELIGHTS OF READING/LILLI ANN KILLEN ROSENBERG/1988 unsigned Description:  Wall mounted concrete and mosaic forms of an abstracted sun with halo above three tree trunks that originate at ground level. Middle tree trunk has an owl perched at the top; abstract shapes flank trunk at lower level and contain text quoting famous authors. Proper left trunk has a bird perched on similar abstract shapes with text on them. Subject:  Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature Animal -- Bird -- Owl Landscape -- Tree Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun State of Being -- Emotion -- Happiness Literature Object Type:  Mosaic Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Olney Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Montgomery County, Art in Public Architecture, Department Facilities/Services, 110 North Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20850 Located Olney Library, 3500 Olney-Laytonsville Roads, Olney, Maryland Remarks:  IAS files include additional dimensions for sculpture parts. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000036   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000036 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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