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    		• Block, Mary,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Highland Park
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Golden Boy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Block, Mary, 1951- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Golden Boy, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Boy on the Swing, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Copyrighted 1981. Dedicated 1983.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze figure on a swing made of fabricated steel.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 6 x 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left ankle:) Mary Block 1981 (copyright symbol) signed
    Description: 
    Figure of a male teenager standing on a swing that hangs from a tree. He is wearing jean shorts and no shirt. His proper right arm is outstretched pushing the chain of the swing out. His proper left arm is bent and is holding the opposite side of the swing. His weight is on his proper left leg and his proper right leg is bent.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Swinging
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Highland Park
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Highland Park, Department of Community Development, 1707 St. John's Avenue, Highland Park, Illinois 60035
    Located Central Avenue & Green Bay Road, Highland Park, Illinois 60035
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Rubin, Arthur, until 1983.
    Gift of Rubin, Arthur, 1983.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by Arthur Rubin to serve as a sign for his art gallery, the Chicago branch of the International Galerie of Art in Paris. After his gallery went out of business, Rubin donated the figure to the City of Highland Park. Mary Block titled the sculpture "Golden Boy," but after installation the popular piece became known as "Boy on the Swing." A bronze plaque on a rock beneath sculpture reads: A gift to the/City of Highland Park/from/Arthur & Betty Ganser Rubin/1983. IAS files contain a copy of the Chicago Tribune, Nov. 15, 1992, section 18, pg, 1, 10, 11, describing the artist and her work, with a description of this piece.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    Chicago Tribune, Nov. 15, 1992, section 18, pg. 1, 10, 11.
    SOS Assessment Award, 2000.
    Inventory staff, 2001.
    Illustration: 
    Chicago Tribune, Nov. 15, 1992, section 18, pg. 11.
    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 IL000299
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