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Out to Lunch, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor. Title:  Out to Lunch, (sculpture). Dates:  Copyrighted 1981. Installed 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 38 x 24 x 35 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 60 x 17 in. Inscription:  (On plaque on base:) OUT TO LUNCH/BY J. SEWARD JOHNSON JR./Purchased by the City of Sunnyvale/1985 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Full-length, life-size figure of a boy. He sits on a low wooden bench; his legs bent out in front of him. He holds a sandwich in his proper right hand and an open book in his proper left hand. The book is "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo. He wears a short-sleeved shirt, corduroy pants and laced shoes. Subject:  Figure male -- Child -- Full length Object -- Foodstuff -- Sandwich Object -- Written Matter -- Book Recreation -- Leisure -- Eating & Drinking Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Literature -- Rulfo -- Pedro Paramo Ethnic -- Mexican Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sunnyvale Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Sunnyvale, Cultural Arts Division, P. O. Box 3707, Sunnyvale, California 94088 Located Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, California Remarks:  The sculpture was purchased by the city in 1985. Cost of the sculpture was $25,000. IAS files contain copy of related article from San Jose Mercury News, July 20, 1986. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. San Jose Mercury News, July 20, 1986. 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 CA002072   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA002072 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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