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Lundeen, George Wayne,
RCH,
Figure male -- Child
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Dress -- Accessory
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
First Mitt, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lundeen, George Wayne, 1948- , sculptor.
RCH, founder.
Title:
First Mitt, (sculpture).
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Figure: cast bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 53 x 14 x 12 in.; Base: approx. 48 x 24 x 24 in.
Inscription:
GW Lundeen 7/50 RCH signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A ten-year old boy stands wearing a baseball cap and a t-shirt, with his proper left hand inside a baseball glove. The proper right hand is in the catching area of the glove. The figure is atop a plinth, which is atop a square base.
Subject:
Figure male -- Child -- Full length
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball
Dress -- Accessory -- Protective Gear
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Wichita State University, Endowment Association, 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, Kansas 67208
Located Wichita State University, Eck Stadium, Wichita, Kansas
Provenance:
Donated by Michaud, Gerald & Shannon, April 1993.
Remarks:
Cast number seven in an edition of fifty.
The model for the figure was the artist's nephew Pete. Donated by Shocker fans Shannon and Gerry Michaud who saw it at an art show and decided that it belonged in Wichita, where their favorite team, the Shockers, play baseball. Nearby plaque reads: "First Mitt"/By George Lundeen/Donated to/The WSU Shockers/from the Collection of/Gerald L and Shannon Michaud. IAS files contain related articles from Wichita Eagle, June 5, 1993; and the Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 21, 1992. IAS files contain another related article.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1994.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 58.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 21, 1992.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 58.
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 KS000215
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Inventory of American Sculpture
KS000215
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