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    		• Johnson, J. Seward, Jr.,
     
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    		• Johnson Atelier,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Recreation -- Leisure
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Literature -- News-Times
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Forest Grove
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Newspaper Reader, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor.
    Johnson Atelier, founder.
    Title: 
    The Newspaper Reader, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1978. Dedicated Oct. 14, 1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 2.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Johnson Atelier, Princeton New Jersey (On plaque on base:) PRESENTED BY HUGH MCGILVRA/PUBLISHER-NEWS-TIMES 1928-78 (On second plaque:) 1978/NEWSPAPER READER/SCULPTURE BY J. SEWARD JOHNSON, JR./FABRICATED BY JOHNSON ATELIER, PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Full-length male figure wearing a suit, tie and hat sits on a bench and reads a newspaper. His proper left leg is crossed over his proper right leg. He holds the open newspaper in both hands, and two additional sections lay at his proper left side. The open paper contains the text of a News-Times story about the Local Workers Act of 1976 which allowed for the building of the Library where this sculpture is sited. The papers on the bench are editions of the News-Times from 1928.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
    Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper
    Literature -- News-Times
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Forest Grove
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Forest Grove, P. O. Box 326, Forest Grove, Oregon 97116
    Located Forest Grove Library, Pacific Avenue, Forest Grove, Oregon
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Hugh McGilvra to celebrate his fifty years of publishing the News-Times in Forest Grove.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon 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 OR000348
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