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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg
     
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    Waiting, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930-2020, sculptor.
    Cummin Associates, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Waiting, (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Figure: bronze, partially painted; Bench: iron or steel, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 4 ft. 5 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque attached to front of the bench:) Waiting/By J. Seward Johnson Jr./Sited by Sculpture Placement/Washington DC unsigned
    Description: 
    A cast bronze figure of a middle-aged man reading a newspaper while sitting on a park bench. His legs are crossed, proper right over proper left. A briefcase with a hat on top are on the bench next to him. The man wears glasses, a suit and tie. The sculpture is installed on a brick plaza.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Recreation -- Leisure -- Reading
    Object -- Written Matter -- Newspaper
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Dress -- Accessory -- Handbag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Harrisburg, Department of Parks and Recreation, 10 North Second Street, City Government Building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101
    Located Riverfront Park, Kunkel Memorial Plaza, Front Street at State Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Kunkel Memorial Plaza was dedicated in 1992 and Cummin Associates as the landscape architect. The sculpture was sited by Sculpture Placement of Washington, D.C.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA000990
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