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Varga, Ferenc,
Varga Sculpting Studio,
Children
Recreation -- Dancing
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Sioux Falls
Sculpture
Children at Play, (sculpture).
Artist:
Varga, Ferenc, 1912- , sculptor.
Varga Sculpting Studio, founder.
Title:
Children at Play, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Dancing Children, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988. Dedicated Nov. 5, 1988.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: red quartzite and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 58 x 56 x 26 in.; Base: approx. 48 x 36 x 30 in.
Inscription:
Varga 1988 (On plaque on base:) 1988/MAY THE FAITH, LOVE, AND SPIRIT/OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US/CONTINUE WITH GOD'S HELP IN/THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN./GIVEN BY/MARGARET AND BERNARD SCOTT/REARDON JR./1988 signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
Two dancing children with hands joined, arms extended forward and horizontal as if twirling each other about. The girl is wearing a dress, is barefoot and her proper right foot is elevated at heel, toes touching the ground. The boy wears shorts, a shirt, and is also barefoot. His proper right foot is off ground and extends outward well past the rectangular base.
Subject:
Children
Recreation -- Dancing
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- South Dakota -- Sioux Falls
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Minnehaha County, Siouxland Heritage Museums, Old Courthouse Museum, 200 West 6th Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57102
Located Reardon Plaza, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Remarks:
Commissioned by Margaret and B. Scott Reardon Jr. For related information see the Civic Fine Arts Center newsletter (Sioux Falls, SD), Winter 1989-1990. IAS files contain related articles from Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Nov. 6, 1988, pg. 6-E, and Feb. 16, 1989.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, South Dakota survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Sioux Falls Argus Leader (Sioux Falls, SD), Nov. 6, 1988.
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 SD000059
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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