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The Whiz of KS, (sculpture). Artist:  Roll-Preissler, Audrey, sculptor. Title:  The Whiz of KS, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Wizard of KS (and family), The, (sculpture). Digital Reference:  Medium:  Polychromed birch plywood. Dimensions:  Approx. 65 x 65 x 12 in. Inscription:  (At lower right, front:) A. Roll-preissler signed Description:  Relief depicting John Tefft, United States Ambassador in Lithuania, and his family as characters from "The Wizard of Oz," compete with yellow brick road, rainbow and modern day Pizza Hut. Dorothy sits on a star and holds a sunflower and basket with her dog, Toto. The Tin Man, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion are in the foreground, as are the Munchkins, who stand on the yellow brick road. The Wizard and the Good Witch (the Ambassador and his wife), are in the upper right corner. The Wicked Witch of the West rides on her broomstick at the left. The Kansas State motto "Ad astra per aspera" (Latin for "Reach for the stars") stretches across the rainbow. Farm equipment and an airplane (representing Kansas industries) fly throughout the sky. Subject:  Literature -- Baum -- Wizard of Oz Portrait group -- Family Portrait male -- Tefft, John -- Bust Occupation -- Political -- Diplomat Landscape -- Kansas Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Vehicle -- Tractor Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Architecture exterior -- Commercial -- Restaurant Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  On loan to United States Department of State, Art in Embassies Program, Washington, District of Columbia Lent by Roll-Preissler, Audrey, 13929 Marquesas Way, Marina del Rey, California 90292 Located American Embassy, Vilnius, Lithuania Remarks:  Lent by the artist for the State Department's Art in Embassies Program. Ambassador John Tefft is native to Kansas and the "The Wizard of Oz" is his family's favorite film. IAS files contain a related article from the Jackson Hole Guide. References:  Roll-preissler, Audrey, 2001. 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 73262294   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 73262294 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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