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    		• Mellor, Babs,
     
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    		• Gagna, Duane,
     
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    		• Shidoni Foundry,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Child
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Newton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Skipper, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mellor, Babs, sculptor.
    Gagna, Duane, contractor.
    Shidoni Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Skipper, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1979. Copyrighted 1979. Dedicated Jan. 1980.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze with brown patina; Base: granite and brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 3 ft. (7,000 lbs.).
    Description: 
    A small boy dressed in a sailor suit is seated on a large granite boulder holding a toy sailboat in his proper right hand. Beneath the boulder is a brick base.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Full length
    Object -- Toy -- Boat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Newton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Newton Public Library, 720 North Oak, Corner of 7th & Oak, Newton, Kansas 67114
    Remarks: 
    The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION, INC. and COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS/YEAR OF THE CHILD 1979/SKIPPER/BABS MELLOR. The Newton Art Association raised $1,500 toward the $3,000 cost of the sculpture and the remaining $1,500 was provided by the City of Wichita's Community Development Funds. The sculpture rests on a 7,000 lbs. boulder that was donated by Bob Clearwater of Topeka, Kansas. Duane Gagna is the stone cutter who fit the sculpture into a shelf that he cut out of the stone boulder. IAS files contain a copy of the fund raising letter mailed by the Newton Art Association soliciting donations for the sculpture. IAS files contain articles from the Topeka State Journal, Dec. 7, 1979; the Topeka Daily Capital, Nov. 21, 1979 and Nov. 27, 1979; the Wichita Eagle, Jan. 11, 1980; and the Newton Kansan, Oct. 27, 1980 and Sept. 4, 1991.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Newton Kansan, Sept. 4, 1991, pg. 3.
    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 KS000505
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