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Summer Fun, (sculpture). Artist:  Stokes, Charlotte C., 1915-2009, sculptor. Sirko, Yuri, caster. Johnson Atelier, founder. Title:  Summer Fun, (sculpture). Dates:  1986-1987. Cast 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, placed in a wood framed enclosure with pebbles. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 36 x 53 x 17 in.; Base: approx. 1 x 53 x 17 in.; Frame: approx. W. 84 x D. 48 in. Inscription:  (On right end of base:) C. Stokes '86 signed Description:  Figures of four children, standing tallest to shortest from right to left, traipsing along under a blanket. The two smallest have the blanket over their heads, the next tallest in halfway under, and the lead child holds the blanket over her proper left shoulder. The base is a sidewalk. All the children wear summer play clothes. Subject:  Children Recreation -- Sport & Play Allegory -- Season -- Summer Allegory -- Life -- Childhood Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  On loan to Cathedral Village, 600 East Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Lent by Stokes, Charlotte C. 600 East Cathedral Road, Apartment K103, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19128 Remarks:  This piece was previously in the owner's garden. It is now on loan to the Cathedral Village apartment complex. Inspired by children playing under a blanket at the P.M.A. East River Drive sidewalk. Sculpture was cast by Yuri Sirko, then on staff at Johnson Atelier. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Fairmount Park Art Association, 1996. 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 PA000194   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000194 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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