The Family, (sculpture).

The Family, (sculpture).

Klavun, Betty, sculptor.

The Family, (sculpture).

Commissioned July 1985. 1985. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1985.

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Sculpture: white Ferro cement; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 10 x 6 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. 4 in. x Diam. 7 ft.

Three abstract white concrete figures stand on an unpolished granite base. Two of the figures appear to be bipedal humans; the third has an elongated back and face and stands on all fours.

Allegory -- Life -- Family

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Norwalk

Administered by Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Percent for Art Program, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Accession Number: CCA85.9/NN-145

Located State of Connecticut, Department of Mental Retardation Region 4, 146 Silvermine Avenue, Triangular plot near entrance, Norwalk, Connecticut 06850

The sculpture was placed as part of the State of Connecticut's Percent for Art Program, and was purchased for $19,630. The two tall figures were inspired by male and female clowns on stilts and were used as an environmental circus sculpture. The horizontal figure was added for the Connecticut setting.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1990.

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