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Ferris's Chair, (sculpture). Artist:  Quigley, Jim, Rev., sculptor. Title:  Ferris's Chair, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated May 18, 2007. Medium:  Bronze. Description:  Whimsical rocking chair for readers, illustrated with scenes from the children's books: Goodnight Moon, The Little Engine that Could, The More You Know, The Wizard of Oz, The Giving Tree, James and the Giant Peach, and Jumanji. A train forms the rocker and a book is the seat. Subject:  Homage -- Van Meter, Ferris Object -- Furniture -- Chair Object -- Written Matter -- Book Literature -- Baum -- Wizard of Oz Literature -- Silverstein -- Giving Tree Literature -- Dahl -- James and the Giant Peach Literature -- Van Allsburg -- Jumanji Literature -- Piper -- Little Engine that Could Literature -- Brown -- Goodnight Moon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Bowling Green Sculpture Owner:  Bowling Green Public Library, Bowling Green, Kentucky Remarks:  Commissioned as a tribute to the Bowling Green Public Library board Chairman Ferris Van Meter. References:  Inventory staff, 2007. American Libraries (Sept. 2007): pg. 27. Illustration:  American Libraries (Sept. 2007): pg. 27. 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 71500833   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500833 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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