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    		• Johnston, Barry,
     
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    		• Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Waterscape -- Celestial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Hampton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    First from the Sea, First to the Stars, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johnston, Barry, 1941- , sculptor.
    Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte, founder.
    Title: 
    First from the Sea, First to the Stars, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Sea to the Stars, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986. Copyrighted 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 16 ft. x 48 in. x 100 in. (1 ton).
    Inscription: 
    signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A young man wearing short pants with suspenders, standing on his tiptoes on a ship's bow, the bow covered by waves. He reaches with his proper right hand to a star suspended on a beam reaching to the bow. His proper left hand is clutching a fish net. An anchor and its chain are attached through the bow. The sculpture is set directly on a walkway of pavers, with four lights recessed in the walkway.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
    Waterscape -- Celestial -- Star
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Hampton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Hampton, Department of Marketing and Communications, 22 Lincoln Street, Hampton, Virginia 23669
    Located Hampton City Hall, Eaton & Lincoln Street, Hampton, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture commemorates Hampton's 375th anniversary in 1985, and the title reflects the city's anniversary slogan. Cost was $69,683, funded through the General Assembly with state and local funds. Artist sculpted work in Italy, using a teenage architectural student there as the model for the figure's body, giving it an Englishman's face. The 1995 SOS! survey reports that the sculpture seems to have been recently cleaned. Plaque mounted on granite in front of sculpture reads: First From the Sea First to the Stars/a Gift from the/Citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia/in/Commemoration/of the/375th anniversary/of the/City of Hampton/1610-1985.
    IAS files contain newsclipping from the Daily Press, Oct. 4, 1987, sect. H; and News Release dated Aug. 6, 1986, from the City of Hampton, City Manager's Office.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Daily Press, Oct. 4, 1987, sect. H.
    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 VA000457
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