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Langdon, Eleanor Sayles,
Literature -- Twain
Literature -- Twain
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira
Sculpture
(Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Sculpture), (sculpture).
Artist:
Langdon, Eleanor Sayles, sculptor.
Title:
(Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn Sculpture), (sculpture).
Dates:
1950s.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figures: concrete, painted; Foundation: concrete, painted.
Dimensions:
Tom: approx. 36 1/2 x 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.; Huck: approx. 35 1/2 x 13 x 8 1/2 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 38 in. x D. 3 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
The figures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn stand turned toward one another, with a working lamppost between them. Tom Sawyer is barefoot and wears an opened shirt with just one suspender. He has shortened pants with a torn proper right knee and holds a paint brush in his proper right hand. Huck Finn is barefoot and wears a jacket with knee-length pants. He leans forward slightly and his proper right hand is slightly raised.
Subject:
Literature -- Twain -- Tom Sawyer
Literature -- Twain -- Huckleberry Finn
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Elmira
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Elmira College, Center for Mark Twain Studies, Elmira, New York 14901
Located Quarry Farm, Crane Road, Elmira, New York
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Langdon, Eleanor Sayles, Quarry Farm, Crane Road, Elmira, New York
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
Eleanor Sayles Langdon, created the sculptures for her home, Quarry Farm. Her husband, Jervis Langdon was the father of Samuel Clemens' character "Livy" and Clemens spent summers writing at Quarry Farm. The Quarry Farm property was given to Elmira College in 1984. IAS files contain undated newspaper clippings with historic photographs of the sculpture and Quarry Farm.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
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 NY000504
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000504
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