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John Steinbeck, (sculpture). Artist:  Fitzwater, Tom, sculptor. Title:  John Steinbeck, (sculpture). Dates:  1970. Installed Dec. 1971. Dedicated 1974. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: cement mounted on stone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 72 x 27 x 19 in.; Base: approx. 20 x 33 x 31 in. (500 lbs.). Inscription:  Thomas Fitzwater (On plaque on base:) JOHN STEINBECK/1902-1968/GIFT OF/SOROPTIMIST CLUB OF SALINAS/1973 signed Description:  Full-length figure of John Steinbeck stands on a square base. He wears a shirt with two pockets and rolled-up sleeves and a goatee. His proper left hand is on his hip, his thumb hooked into his pants pocket. He holds a cigarette in his proper right hand. Subject:  Portrait male -- Steinbeck, John -- Full length Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Salinas Sculpture Owner:  City of Salinas, John Steinbeck Library, 110 West San Luis Street, Salinas, California 93901 Remarks:  The sculpture was executed as part of the artist's Masters project and a series of creative Americans. He loaned it the Library in 1971. In 1973, the sculpture was purchased by the Soroptimist Club for $3,500 and given to the City for the Library. Kaiser Refractory donated the stone for the base, which was built and installed by the City. The sculpture is often the object of pranks played by high school students who use the library. Attached articles list the dedication date alternately as Feb. 27, 1974 and April 28, 1974. John Steinbeck was an American novelist and native of Salinas. IAS files contain related articles from the Salinas Californian, Dec. 31, 1971 and the Monterey Peninsula Herald, Nov. 26, 1973. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Salinas Californian, Dec. 31, 1971, pg. 7. 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 CA001619   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001619 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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