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Beatrice Wyatt's Yard, (sculpture). Artist:  Wyatt, Beatrice, sculptor. Title:  Beatrice Wyatt's Yard, (sculpture). Dates:  Begun 1960s. Medium:  Mixed media and found objects, some painted. Description:  A yard full of "junk," including a shopping cart, plastic flowers, dolls, carpet scraps, packing materials, plastic cups, old tires, plastic chairs, rick-rack and other collected objects, arranged in a colorful fashion. The carpet pieces cover the driveway and form pathways through the yard; plastic pieces hang from trees; multi-colored plastic cups are stacked on stakes; and a large pile of painted rocks and miscellaneous objects extend along the length of the yard. Subject:  Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Tool -- Wagon Object -- Toy -- Doll Object -- Other -- Dish Object -- Other -- Rug Object -- Other -- Tire Landscape -- Rocks Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Ventura Folk Sculpture Owner:  Wyatt, Beatrice, 223 South Olive Street, Ventura, California Remarks:  Beatrice Wyatt began creating her yard sculpture in the 1960s after her husband died. Aside from a number of donations, most of the objects were recovered from trash containers. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Kristan Lawson and Anneli S. Rufus' "America Off The Wall, The West Coast: A Guide to Unusual Sights," New York: John Wiley & Sons, pg. 63-64; and article from the Venture County Star-Free Press, Sept. 6, 1988, pg. B-1. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Venture County Star-Free Press, Sept. 6, 1988, pg. B-1. 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 CA001220   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001220 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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