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    		• Gerber, Georgia,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male & Child
     
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    		• Animal -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Edmonds
     
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    Locals, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gerber, Georgia, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Locals, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    3 units. Single sea lion: approx. 2 x 3 1/2 x 3 ft.; Man & children: approx. 7 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.; Sea lion family: approx. 3 x 11 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A grouping of three related bronze sculptures set in a beach park. A single sea lion climbs a set of stairs; front flippers on the top stair, bottom flippers on the stair below. Nearby a group of five sea lions are resting on the ground. Two are lying down, the other three are sitting up. Off to one side a father and his two small girls are watching the sea lions. The father is standing with one of the girls riding on his shoulders. He is holding her legs. She has her hands on his head. The second girl is standing next to the man's proper left leg and has her arms wrapped around his leg.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Male & Child
    Animal -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Edmonds
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Edmonds, Edmonds Art Commission, 700 Main Street, Anderson Center, Edmonds, Washington 98020
    Located Olympic Beach, Edmonds, Washington
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: " 'Locals' by Georgia Gerber, Gift to the city of Edmonds by the Edmonds Arts Festival and Edmonds Arts Festival Museum, State Centennial Year of 1989." Cost of the sculpture was $35,000. IAS files contain copy of related article from Seattle Times, June 7, 1989. The artist's husband and daughter, Laura, served as models for the sculpture of the father and two daughters.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington 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 WA000349
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