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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Parks, Charles Cropper,     Homage -- Upton, Frederick S.     Occupation -- Other     Figure group -- Family     Architecture -- Castle     Recreation -- Leisure     Landscape -- Beach     Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- St. Joseph     Sculpture

Sandcastles: What Dreams Are Made of, (sculpture). Artist:  Parks, Charles Cropper, 1922-2012, sculptor. Title:  Sandcastles: What Dreams Are Made of, (sculpture). Dates:  1989. Copyrighted 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 46 x 65 x 41 in.; Base: approx. 42 x 80 x 50 in. Inscription:  (On lower rim of sculpture:) (copyright symbol) PARKS 89 (Upper front of base:) SAND CASTLES.WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF .../GIVEN TO THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH/IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK S. UPTON 1989 signed Description:  A father and two children kneel on the seashore, making a sand castle. The father has short hair and wears a tanktop and shorts. He is in the center and has his arms around the shoulder of a girl on his proper right, and a boy on his proper left. The girl has a ponytail and wears a one-piece swimsuit, and places a cup over the sandcastle. The boy has short hair and wears swim trunks. His proper left hand is on his upraised bent proper left knee. The boy motions with his proper right hand, as if to touch the sand castle. The sculpture sits atop granite base. Subject:  Homage -- Upton, Frederick S. Occupation -- Other -- Businessman Figure group -- Family -- Father & Child Architecture -- Castle Recreation -- Leisure Landscape -- Beach Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- St. Joseph Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 Coadministered by Upton Foundation, St. Joseph, Michigan Located Margaret B. Upton Arboretum, Off Lake Boulevard & Ship Street, St. Joseph, Michigan Remarks:  Sculpture was given by the Upton Foundation in memory of Frederick S. Upton, co-founder of Whirlpool Corporation. The artist states: "Mr. Upton loved his family best of all and for that love this work is dedicated to the citizens of St. Joseph." Mr. Upton was the husband of Margaret Beckley Upton, for whom the arboretum is named. IAS files contain a newsclipping from The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI). IAS files also contain related excerpt from Kathryn Zerler's "On the Banks of the Ole St. Joe," St. Joseph Today, 1990, pg. 152. and photocopy of brochure "SculpTour," by Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan. Conservation:  Treated 1996. Venus Bronze Works, Inc. (Detroit, MI). Treatment report on file with the Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI), July 3, 1989. 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 MI000392   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000392 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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