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Lucchesi, Bruno,
Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte,
Figure group -- Female & Child
Occupation -- Domestic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
After Shopping, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lucchesi, Bruno, 1926- , sculptor.
Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte, founder.
Title:
After Shopping, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979. Relocated and rededicated Aug. 25, 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 46 x 28 x 36 in.; Base: approx. H. 44 in. x W. 55 in.
Inscription:
(On bottom of shopping bag:) LUCHESSI (On lower back of chair:) FONDERIA D'ARTE/LUIGA TOMMASI/PIETRA SANTA signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A mother and her young daughter, exhausted after shopping, are resting in a chair. The mother, whose shoes have slipped off, cradles her barefoot daughter asleep in her lap. A shopping bag with food and other items hangs on the proper left side of the chair.
Subject:
Figure group -- Female & Child
Occupation -- Domestic -- Shopping
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Wichita, Public Art Advisory Board, Wichita, Kansas
Located Wichita Farm and Art Market, 835 East First Street, Wichita, Kansas
Provenance:
Formerly located Willowbend Country Club, 3939 North Comotara, Wichita, Kansas
Remarks:
The sculpture is cast no. 2, in an edition of 6. It was originally installed at the Willowbend Country Club. The City of Wichita purchased the sculpture from Willowbend and relocated it to the Farm and Art Market. The sculpture was rededicated at the new site August 25, 1993. The sculpture was restored in 1993 by The Brothers Julian (Wichita, Kansas). IAS files contain related articles from The Wichita Old Town Gazette, Sept. 1993, and The Wichita Eagle, Aug. 22, 1993.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989. (booklet)
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 68.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Paulsen, Chris, ed., "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., c. 1989, pg. 41.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 68.
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 88410078
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