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Sellors, Evaline,
Roman Bronze Works,
Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry,
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Squirrel
Animal -- Rabbit
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
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Sculpture
A Song, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sellors, Evaline, 1907- , sculptor.
Roman Bronze Works, founder.
Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry, founder.
Title:
A Song, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1966. 1966-1967. Installed Jan. 1968.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: appears to be lava rock.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 25 1/2 x 22 x 27 in.; Base: approx. 17 1/2 x 29 x 27 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A young, barefoot girl sits on a rock singing, with a small bird perched on her proper right knee. A squirrel sits on its haunches on the girl's proper left leg and a rabbit cuddles near the girl, on her proper right. The girl has her long hair held back in a pony-tail and wears a mid-calf length dress. The sculpture is set in an atrium.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Squirrel
Animal -- Rabbit
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth
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Sculpture
Owner:
Child Study Center, 1300 West Lancaster, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned for the Center by the Carl John Aldenhoven family in 1966. The original was cast by Roman Bronze Works. A limited edition of copies were commissioned in 1986 by Mr. & Mrs. Larry D. Eason for the Child Study Center's 25th Anniversary, cast by the Hoka Hey Fine Arts Foundry in Dublin, Texas. IAS files contain a pamphlet from the Child Study Center entitled "A Song, by Evaline Clarke Sellors."
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Fort Worth 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 TX000753
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TX000753
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