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  • Norman, Viola,
     
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  • Figure male -- Child
     
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  • Animal -- Squirrel
     
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  • Fountain
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Tremont
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    The Barefoot Boy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Norman, Viola, 1889-1935, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Barefoot Boy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1915.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 5 ft. x 30 in. x 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    Viola Norman 1915 signed
    Description: 
    Figure of a boy standing with his pants rolled up above his knees. His head is turned to the proper left to look at a squirrel climbing on to his proper left shoulder. Water fountain at his back.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Child -- Full length
    Animal -- Squirrel
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Tremont
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Tremont, Tremont Park District, Tremont, Illinois 61568
    Located Tremont City Park, North Sampson Street, Tremont, Illinois 61568
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain a copy of The Tremont News (Tremont, IL), April 20, 1989 and The Tremont News (Tremont, IL), Jan. 26, 1989. Statue commissioned by Esther Washburn and donated to the city. The artist was a neighbor and friend of Washburn's.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    The Tremont News (Tremont, IL), Jan. 26, 1989.
    The Tremont News (Tremont, IL), April 20, 1989, pg. 7.
    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 IL000253
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