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Newspaper Reader, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor. Johnson Atelier, founder. Title:  Newspaper Reader, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast late 1970's. Dedicated June 14, 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Bench: wood. Dimensions:  Approx. 4 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 20 1/2 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A man dressed in a suit, tie, hat, and wing tipped shoes is seated on a green and black park bench. The figure is reading an opened newspaper. Two other newspapers lay on the bench to his proper left side. There is a pipe in the figure's proper left jacket pocket. His proper left leg is bent at the knee and rests on his proper right leg. Subject:  Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Figure male -- Full length Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper Object -- Other -- Pipe Object Type:  Logo Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lancaster Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Lancaster Newspapers, 8 West King Street, P. O. Box 1328, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17608 Located Steinman Park, 20-22 West King Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The three newspapers represented are the Sunday News, Intelligencer Journal, and the Lancaster New Era. Headlines replicated include: Nuclear Mishap at the Three Mile Island; Men Walk on Moon; and Registration Figures Near 1922 Record. A rendition of the sculpture is used on the company's letterhead and envelopes, and appears as a watermark on their business stationary. IAS files include sample stationary. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994. 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 PA000178   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000178 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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