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Price, Gary,
Children
Recreation -- Leisure
Homage -- Larson, Jeanne Helen
Homage -- Larson, Robert Kermit
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Corvallis
Sculpture
Story Time, (sculpture).
Artist:
Price, Gary, 1955- , sculptor.
Title:
Story Time, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Storytime, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated summer 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 2 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 in. x 5 ft. 5 in. x 1 3/4 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) STORY TIME/GARY PRICE/1993 (On second plaque:) In Memory of/JEANNE HELEN LARSON (1907-1991)/a passionate champion of libraries and/ROBERT KERMIT LARSON (1899-1991)/her most ardent supporter/from a family enriched by their presence./In the hope this will help spread/the recognition of the importance/of libraries to the future of our children.
Description:
Two children, a boy and a girl, are sitting back to back with open books in their laps. The boy sits cross-legged and the girl balances her book on her knees. Both wear plain, casual clothes and the girl wears her hair in a single braid.
Subject:
Children
Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
Homage -- Larson, Jeanne Helen
Homage -- Larson, Robert Kermit
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Corvallis
Sculpture
Owner:
City of Corvallis, Corvallis-Benton County Library, 645 N.W. Monroe, Corvallis, Oregon 97330
Remarks:
Sculpture honors Jeanne H. Larson, former Library Director and staff member from 1948 to 1967. Funded by contributions from the Larson family and others in the community.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon 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 OR000342
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OR000342
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