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Koelling, Dorothy L.,
Issa, Victor,
Unknown (Loveland, Colorado),
Performing Arts -- Circus
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Jester, (sculpture).
Artist:
Koelling, Dorothy L., sculptor.
Issa, Victor, founder.
Unknown (Loveland, Colorado), founder.
Title:
Jester, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1996. Dedicated June 12, 1996.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 50 in. x 57 in.; Base: approx. 25 x 67 x 60 in. (580 lbs.).
Inscription:
(On lute, in cursive:) D. KOELLING/V. ISSA/(copyright symbol) 96 1/6 signed
Description:
A smiling jester, lute in hand, takes a bow.
Subject:
Performing Arts -- Circus -- Clown
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lute
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wichita, 455 North Main, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Located Century II, 225 West Douglas, Concert Hall Plaza, Wichita, Kansas 67202
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift to the City of Wichita from the Devore Foundation, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Music Theater in Wichita. The sculpture cost nearly $30,000. It was created by Dorothy L. Koelling and executed by Victor Issa at a foundry in Loveland, Colorado. IAS files contain copy of related articles from Wichita Eagle, Feb. 16, 1996 and June 12, 1966.
References:
Project Beauty, Inc., 1999.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
Illustration:
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 2.
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 74890006
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Inventory of American Sculpture
74890006
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