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    		• Darpino, Fred J.,
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Domestic
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lenexa
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Wash Day, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Darpino, Fred J., 1945- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Wash Day, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991. Copyrighted 1991. Dedicated 1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: limestone (?) with mortar.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 x 19 x 18 in; Base: approx. 28 x 54 x 90 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On base in front of proper left foot:) WASHDAY/DARPINO/(copyright symbol) 1991 1/25 signed
    Description: 
    A large, round pioneer woman is seated on the ground scrubbing some clothing on an old-fashioned washboard. She sits with her bent proper right leg beneath her and her proper left knee raised. Her arms are extended forward with the palms of both hands placed side-by-side against some clothing on a washboard. Water runs through the woman's fingers, over the clothes, into a small bronze basin, and then into a stone basin below. The woman is barefoot and wears a sleeveless dress. Her hair is pulled back from her face and tied in a bun. Her hair has a dark gray patina, her dress a gray/blue patina and her body has a brown patina. The washboard, the clothing on the washboard, and the small bronze basin have a gray/blue patina.
    Subject: 
    Figure female -- Full length
    Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
    Occupation -- Domestic -- Laundry
    Object -- Other -- Washboard
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Lenexa
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Lenexa, Parks and Recreation Department, 13420 Oak Street, Lenexa, Kansas 66215
    Located Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, 14907 West 87th Street Parkway, in front of Legler Barn Museum, Lenexa, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture cost $3,500. Cast number one of an edition of twenty-five. The rocks of the base were selected by an employee of the Lenexa Parks and Recreation Department. The stone basin is a millstone found in a creek and is believed to be from a Native-American campsite. Nearby plaque reads: WASH DAY/SCULPTED BY/FRED J. DARPINO/DONATED BY/LENEXA ARTS COUNCIL/1992.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.
    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 KS000451
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