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The Country is What We Make of It, (sculpture). Artist:  Hudson, Margaret, d. 2020, sculptor. Title:  The Country is What We Make of It, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Totem: terra cotta, carved; Foundation: terra cotta. Dimensions:  Totem: approx. H. 9 ft. x Diam. 2 ft. 3 in.; Foundation: approx. H. 4 in. x Diam. 4 ft. Inscription:  (Around bottom of totem, incised:) "THE COUNTRY IS WHAT WE MAKE IT" EVON G. CODY SUPERVISOR KINGS COUNTY 1955-1982 Description:  A "totem of life" divided into five main sections. The sections include, from bottom to top: tall grass; possibly sand dunes with short tufts of grass; six figures of children playing, some in bathing suits; tops of trees, possibly with birds; and, flying kites and birds. Totem is mounted on top of a circular foundation. Subject:  Allegory -- Life Children Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Kite Flying Recreation -- Leisure -- Bathing Object -- Toy -- Kite Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Hanford Totem pole Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hanford, 319 North Douty, Hanford, California 93230 Located Kings County Government Center, Lacey Boulevard, Hanford, California References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA000718   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000718 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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