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Kaufman, Mico,
Portrait female -- Sullivan, Anne
Portrait female -- Keller, Helen
Occupation -- Education
State of Being -- Disabled
State of Being -- Disabled
State of Being -- Disabled
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Tewksbury
Sculpture
Water, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kaufman
,
Mico
,
1924-2016
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Water, (sculpture).
Dates:
1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 44 in. x 5 ft. 9 in.; Base: approx. 12 in. x 8 ft. 1 in. x 4 ft. 5 in.
Inscription:
(On sculpture, near ground:)
Mico
K. SC 1985 (On top of base, right front side:) "WATER"/
Mico
Kaufman
SC/1985 (On top of base, back side:) ANNE SULLIVAN, TEACHER AND HELEN KELLER signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
The sculpture depicts Anne Sullivan teaching Helen Keller her first word in sign language. Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller are seated on the ground next to each other. With her proper left hand Anne Sullivan forms the sign language word for "water" in Helen's proper right hand. The figures are modeled out of a roughly finished bronze and the sculpture rests on a short oval polished granite base.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Sullivan, Anne -- Full length
Portrait female -- Keller, Helen -- Full length
Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
State of Being -- Disabled -- Blind
State of Being -- Disabled -- Deaf
State of Being -- Disabled -- Mute
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Tewksbury
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Town of Tewksbury, Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876
Located Town Hall, Side lawn, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was a gift of the Committee of Interested Citizens of Tewksbury in celebration of the Town of Tewksbury's 250th anniversary. It commemorates the moment Helen Keller's teacher, Anne Sullivan, was able to penetrate the closed world of the deaf-and-blind Helen, helping her to understand the relationship between the word "water" and its physical presence. Anne Sullivan's ties to Tewksbury began in her early life when she lived at the Tewksbury Alms House, now the Tewksbury Hospital. Funding for the sculpture project came from donations by local citizens and the Massachusetts Arts Lottery. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: The Anne Sullivan-Helen Keller Memorial Sculpture/Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of Tewksbury/Major Contributors: (list of 48 names). Additional information on the sculpture is available in the Tewksbury Public Library files for
Mico
Kaufman
.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
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 87740276
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
87740276
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