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Andreini, Ferdinando,
Figure -- Child
State of Being -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Sleeping Child, (sculpture).
Artist:
Andreini, Ferdinando, b. 1843, sculptor.
Title:
Sleeping Child, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1963.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: Carrara marble; Base: Carrara marble.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. L. 46 in. W. 14 in.; Base: approx. L. 52 in. W. 18 in.
Description:
Figure of a nude child reclining on his or her proper left side. The proper left arm is under the child's head and the proper right arm and hand rest on the pillow on which the child's head rests. The proper left leg is drawn up under the child's body and the proper right leg is bent at the knee and lays over the proper left leg. The child's eyes are closed, and hair is drawn back and curled at the ends.
Subject:
Figure -- Child -- Nude
State of Being -- Other -- Sleep
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Kansas City
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by City of Kansas City, Missouri, Department of Parks and Recreation, Planning Services Division, 4600 East 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64130
Coadministered by Highwoods Property, 310 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
Located The Plaza, In median on west side of intersection of 47th Street & Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri 64112
Remarks:
The City of Kansas City owns this figure, but the J. C. Nichols Company maintains it. Nearby plaque reads: SLEEPING CHILD/An original figure by Andreini of/Florence, Italy. A child completely/relaxed in the sleep of the innocent and/the just, while her lovely head rests lightly on her arm/Acquired by Miller Nichols and/dedicated to the Plaza in/1963.
In 2004, Kansas City Adopt A Monument reported that all sculptures owned by the J. C. Nichols company should be changed to Highwoods Property.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, Kansas City survey, 1994.
"Walking Art Tour," Kansas City, MO: Plaza Merchants Association, n.d. (brochure).
Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2004.
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 71500261
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