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Haugen, Don,
Watson, Teena Stern,
Hutzelman, Phil,
Figure female -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Dance
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Tifton
Sculpture
Joy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Haugen, Don, sculptor
Watson, Teena Stern, sculptor.
Hutzelman, Phil, caster.
Title:
Joy, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 5, 1991.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: gray marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 78.5 x 42 x 30 in.; Base: approx. 15.5 x 27.75 x 28 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A dancer stands poised on the toes of her proper left foot, her proper right leg raised and flexed behind her. The dancer is twirling, holding a spiraling ribbon with her raised proper right hand. The ribbon curls down around her proper left arm, under her proper left wrist, and finally swirls around her proper left ankle. The sculpture has a warm brown patina. The sculpture is mounted on square light gray marble base.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Performing Arts -- Dance -- Ballet
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Tifton
Sculpture
Owner:
Coadministered by Abraham Baldwin College, Arts Experiment Station, 2802 Moore Highway - ABAC 45, Tifton, Georgia 31794
Coadministered by Tift County, Tifton, Georgia
Located Tifton-Tift County Public Library, 1 Library Lane, Courtyard, Tifton, Georgia
Remarks:
The sculpture cost $8,500 and was a joint venture sponsored by the Arts Experiment Station, the Tifton-Tift County Arts Council, and the Tifton-Tift County Public Library, with support from the Georgia Council for the Arts, and Target Industries. The sculpture was created at the Golden Gallery in Tifton which was open for the public to watch the artists at work. The artists also held a workshop for interested community members. A nearby plaque reads: "JOY"/DON HAUGEN & TEENA WATSON/SCULPTORS ABRAHAM BALDWIN/ARTS EXPERIMENT STATION/TARGET STORES/TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY/ARTS COUNCIL/TIFTON-TIFT COUNTY/PUBLIC LIBRARY/DEDICATED MAY 3, 1991. The sculpture was dedicated as the Grand Finale event during Tifton's annual "Love Affair" event held on May 5, 1991. Phil Hutzelman of Atlanta cast the sculpture. IAS files contain related articles from the Tifton Gazette, May 7, 1991, pg. 2-B and Jan. 16, 1991, pg. B-1-B-4; and a dedication program.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Tifton Gazette, May 7, 1991, pg. 2-B.
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 GA000603
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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