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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Elwell, Mike,     Wu, Xin Kun,     Figure group -- Male     Recreation -- Sport & Play     Architecture -- Education     Homage -- Naismith, James A.     Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lawrence     Relief     Sculpture

Naismith Plaque, (sculpture). Artist:  Elwell, Mike, sculptor. Wu, Xin Kun, 1952- , sculptor. Title:  Naismith Plaque, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Copyrighted 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. 16 x 27 x 1 in.; Base: approx. 54 x 32 x 14 in. Inscription:  Mike Elwell/XIN KUN WU/1992 (copyright symbol) (Lower left section of plaque, raised:) 807 KENTUCKY/ON THIS SITE THE UNIVERSITY OF/KANSAS PLAYED ITS FIRST HOME/BASKETBALL GAME ON FEBRUARY 10,/1899. DR. JAMES A. NAISMITH HAD/ORGANIZED THE TEAM, AND THE/OPPONENT WAS THE TOPEKA YMCA./ABOUT 50 FANS SAW KU WIN 31 TO 6./THE CROWD WAS SMALL BECAUSE/THE GAS LINE HAD FROZEN AND/THERE WAS NO HEAT. signed Description:  A relief plaque. The upper left side shows the wooden building where the first KU basketball game was played. The right side shows six men playing basketball. Three wear trousers, T-shirts, and hats, and three wear shorts, socks, and T-shirts. Subject:  Figure group -- Male Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Basketball Architecture -- Education -- University of Kansas Homage -- Naismith, James A. Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lawrence Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Douglas County Bank, 9th and Kentucky, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 Located Southwest corner of 8th Street & Kentucky Street, Lawrence, Kansas Remarks:  The sculpture marks the site of the University of Kansas' first home basketball game. Dr. James A. Naismith organized the team. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994. 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 KS000188   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000188 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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