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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Johnson, J. Seward, Jr.,     Figure male -- Full length     Recreation -- Leisure     Object -- Written Matter     Literature -- Tulsa Tribune     Homage -- Helmerich, Walter H., Sr.     Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa     Sculpture

The Newspaper Reader, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor. Title:  The Newspaper Reader, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated April 15, 1983. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 56 x 32 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 68 x 16 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of an older man sits on a bench reading a newspaper. The figure wears a textured suit and tie with a pipe in the proper left breast pocket, wing-tip shoes and a wide brimmed hat. His proper left leg crosses his proper right knee. The newspaper is the Tulsa Tribune, dated December 19, 1981. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper Literature -- Tulsa Tribune Homage -- Helmerich, Walter H., Sr. Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa Sculpture Owner:  Helmerich & Payne, Utica at 21st, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74114 Located Helmerich Park, Tulsa, Oklahoma Remarks:  Cast no. 6/7. Commissioned in memory of Walter H. Helmerich Sr., co-founder of Helmerich and Payne. The date on the newspaper, Dec. 19, 1981, is the date of Mr. Helmerich's death. IAS files include related articles from the Tulsa Tribune, April 29, 1983 and May 1, 1983. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. Illustration:  Image on file. Tulsa Tribune, May 1, 1983, pg. 1. 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 OK000252   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000252 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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