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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- York
     
     
    Once Upon a Time, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Friesen, Vern, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Once Upon a Time, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    2008. Dedicated Sept. 7, 2008.
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Life size. (550 lbs.).
    Description: 
    Bronze statue depicting a grandfather seated in a rocking chair, his attention directed down toward a book he is reading to his two grandchildren standing on either side of him, his dog reclining by his feet.
    Subject: 
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Figure group -- Family
    Figure male -- Elderly
    Figure female -- Child
    Figure male -- Child
    Animal -- Dog
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- York
    Owner: 
    Kilgore Memorial Library, Corner of 6th Street & Nebraska Avenue, York, Nebraska
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded in part with $52,000 raised by the Friends of Kilgore Memorial Library. Eight maquettes of the sculpture were sold for $2,000 each to raise additional funds for the sculpture.
    References: 
    Inventory staff, 2008.
    Illustration: 
    Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, Nebraska), Sept. 14, 2008.
    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 71500916
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