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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Willmar
     
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    Reaching for the Stars, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Orr, Robert, sculptor.
    Casting Creations, founder.
    Title: 
    Reaching for the Stars, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1994. Dedicated Oct. 1994.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: brick.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 65 x 43 x 33 in.; Base: approx. 52 x 67 x 67 in.
    Inscription: 
    R.E. Orr/1994 (On plaque on base:) REACHING FOR THE STARS/SCULPTURE BY ROBERT ORR/ART INSTRUCTOR AT WILLMAR HIGH SCHOOL/INSPIRED BY THE 1986 WILLMAR HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT/ADDRESS GIVEN BY ASTRONAUT DR. GEORGE "PINKY" NELSON./DR. NELSON WAS A 1986 GRADUATE OF WILLMAR HIGH SCHOOL/DEDICATED TO ALL STUDENTS WHO REACH FOR THE/STARS AND TO THE TEACHERS WHO GUIDE THEM./MAY YOUR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES GIVE YOU:/KNOWLEDGE TO GROW WISER,/VISION TO DISCERN TRUTH,/RESPECT FOR MIND AND BODY/BEAUTY TO ENHANCE YOUR LIVES AND/FREEDOM TO PURSUE YOUR DREAMS signed
    Description: 
    Stylized male and female figures are installed on a wall-like base. The male figure sits on a stack of oversized books and holds a globe in his lap. He wears a tank top, trousers and shoes. He is looking over his proper left shoulder at the female figure. She wears a short dress and leans forward, with her proper left knee on the stack of books. Her proper left hand rests on the male's proper left shoulder and she points upward with her proper right hand.
    Subject: 
    Figure group
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education
    Occupation -- Education -- Student
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Willmar
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Cardinal Foundation, Willmar, Minnesota 56201
    Located Willmar High School, Willmar, Minnesota
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    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 MN000617
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