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Yearning to Know, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnston, Randolph Wardell, 1904-1992, sculptor. Bronzart Foundry, founder. Title:  Yearning to Know, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: metal; Base: black granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 x 4 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 42 x 44 in. Inscription:  (On right rear of sculpture:) RANDOLPH JOHNSTON (Top plaque on front of base:) YEARNING TO KNOW (Bottom plaque on front of base:) IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ALICE SNEED NEELEY/WHOSE GENEROUS SPIRIT AND LOVE OF CHILDREN/MADE POSSIBLE THIS FACULTY AND PROGRAM/STARPOINT SCHOOL/OCTOBER 28, 1990 signed Description:  Figure of woman seated in armchair reading to two children. As s she sits looking down at a book, legs crossed at her ankles, a small female child stands on her proper left holding a teddy bear, while another older female child sits with legs straddled across the chair's arms on the woman's right. Subject:  Figure group -- Female & Child Portrait group -- Family Portrait female -- Neeley, Alice Snead -- Full length Portrait female -- Williams, Kathleen Neeley -- Child Portrait female -- Nettles, Marian Neeley -- Child Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Fort Worth Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Texas Christian University, Chancellor's Office, 2800 South University Drive, Fort Worth, Texas 76109 Located Texas Christian University, 2829 Stadium Drive, Fort Worth, Texas Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by longtime TCU trustee and Fort Worth business leader M. J. Neeley. Neeley was the grandfather of Russ Nettles, whose learning disability prompted the founding of Starpoint School in 1966. The sculpture is based on a photograph of Mrs. Neeley's mother and the two Neeley daughters. IAS files contain copy of TCU magazine, Dec. 1990, pg. 5; TCU News Service Press Release, Oct. 24, 1990; and related materials from donor M. J. Neeley. 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 TX000136   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000136 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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