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    		• Dean, Shirley Rush,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Allegory -- Life
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Bethesda
     
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    		• Mural
     
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    The Dignity of Being Elderly, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dean, Shirley Rush, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Dignity of Being Elderly, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1978-1980.
    Medium: 
    Tile.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. W. 23 ft.
    Description: 
    Mural installed on housing for the elderly includes a tree in shades of browns and greens against a background of terra cottas, oranges, and yellows. According to the artist, the tree symbolizes "growth, heritage, life, stability and chance. The elderly, like the tree, survive life's many conditions and changes and continue to grow and provide strength and solace for those around them."
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Tree
    Allegory -- Life -- Old Age
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Bethesda
    Architectural component
    Mural
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, MD, Public Affairs, 10400 Detrick Avenue, Kensington, Maryland 20895
    Located Waverly House, Bethesda, Maryland
    Remarks: 
    IAS files include related articles from the Montgomery Journal (Montgomery County, MD), Aug. 27, 1980 and the Washington Post.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.
    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 MD000507
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