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Smith, Dennis,
Clayhill Corporation,
Homage -- Verity, Calvin
Figure female -- Child
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Middletown
Sculpture
Young Girl Running, (sculpture).
Artist:
Smith, Dennis, 1942- , sculptor.
Clayhill Corporation, founder.
Title:
Young Girl Running, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Aimee, (sculpture).
Dandelion Days, (sculpture).
Dates:
Nov. 23, 1981. Installed April 1982. Copyrighted 1982. Dedicated May 9, 1982.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 51 x 48 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 32 x 15 x 15 in.
Inscription:
(Rear hemline of figure's pinafore:) (copyright symbol)/Smith 1982 (founder's mark) (Bronze plaque on front of base:) Presented to Arts in Middletown/May 9, 1982 by Norman Bassett/In memory of Calvin Verity/For His Dedication to the Arts./Dennis Smith, Sculptor signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A young girl running with her proper right leg pushing off from a rectangular base. She wears a pinafore dress and is barefoot; her arms are extended on either side.
Subject:
Homage -- Verity, Calvin
Figure female -- Child -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Track & Field
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Middletown
Sculpture
Owner:
Arts in Middletown, 130 North Verity Parkway, West entrance, Middletown, Ohio 45042
Remarks:
The sculpture is a memorial to Calvin Verity that was erected with and endowment fund created by Verity's brother-in-law, Norman Bassett. Calvin Verity, son of the founder of Armco Steel, was a chairman of the First National Bank and an executive Vice President and General Manager of Armco. Verity was also one of the founders of Arts in Middletown, Inc. IAS files a contain an article from Middletown Journal (OH), April 24, 1982, pg. 2; an excerpt from the Arts in Middletown newsletter; and an advertisement from Zantman Art Galleries, Ltd. that gives the title, "Dandelion Days," to the sculpture. The sculpture was restored in June-July 1998.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1994.
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 OH000257
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000257
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