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  • Nordhammer, H.,
     
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  • Nordhammer Foundry,
     
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  • Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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  • Occupation -- Service
     
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  • Object -- Weapon
     
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  • Dress -- Uniform
     
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  • Object -- Toy
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yuba City
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    (Policeman and Child), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Nordhammer, H., sculptor.
    Nordhammer Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    (Policeman and Child), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 19, 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 2 in. x W. 38 in. x D. 14 in.; Base: approx. H. 11 1/2 in. x W. 54 in. x D. 33 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Back of base: Founder's mark) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    The sculpture depicts a police officer standing with his proper right hand behind the head of a little girl who is standing at his proper right. The officer's proper left hand is raised. His uniform and weapon are realistically depicted (gun on proper right hip; name tag which reads M. Johnson on proper right chest.) The fingerprints on the officer's hands are those of the artist. The little girl wears a dress and long braids, shoes and socks, and holds a Paddington bear with both arms.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Uniform -- Police Uniform
    Object -- Toy -- Animal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Yuba City
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    City of Yuba City, Police Department, 1545 Poole Boulevard, Yuba City, California 95993
    Remarks: 
    Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. Transcription of foundry mark included on SOS! survey form.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001072
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