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Taylor, Lee Harris,
Figure female -- Full length
Children
State of Being -- Disabled
Literature -- Unknown
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Monica
Sculpture
Heaven's Very Special Child, (sculpture).
Artist:
Taylor, Lee Harris, sculptor.
Title:
Heaven's Very Special Child, (sculpture).
Dates:
1995.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 7 ft.
Inscription:
(A plaque near the woman's feet contains a poem entitled "Heaven's Very Special Child")
Description:
Figurative grouping consists of a woman with three children who have disabilities. The woman wears a sweater and straight skirt. Her proper left hand rests on the head a boy seated at her feet. There are two little girls in dresses on the other side of the woman. The girl on the far left is crawling. The other girl is standing, looking up with hands raised to her face.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Children
State of Being -- Disabled
Literature -- Unknown -- Heaven's Very Special Child
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Santa Monica
Sculpture
Owner:
St. John's Hospital and Health Center Foundation, Child & Family Development Center, 1328 22nd Street, Courtyard, Santa Monica, California
Remarks:
Gift of the artist in memory of her husband, Morgan H. Harris, Jr., a trustee of the Hospital. IAS files contain related articles from The Outlook (California), Nov. 20, 1995, the Pasadena Star News, Nov. 25, 1995 and from Caritas, a Hospital publication, Spring 1996, which contains the text of the poem "Heaven's Very Special Child."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1996.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Outlook (California), Nov. 20, 1995, Pg. D1.
Pasadena Star News, Nov. 25, 1995, pg. D2.
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 CA001887
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001887
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