Sunflower Girl - Norman, OK - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

"Sunflower Girl" stands on a bronze plate atop a concrete pedestal which is located on a free-form stone patio. This life sized sculpture is of a young barefoot girl, holding two sunflowers in her right hand and a basket in her left. She is dressed in a bib-front play suit and has a sun hat on her head. Her skin has a tan-colored patina.

A bronze plaque on the pedestal reads:

"SUNFLOWER GIRL"
by L'Deane Minor Trueblood

Standing on the site of the Minor family home,
this sculpture honors thr artist's parents,
High Lawson Minor and Dora Dean Deason
and her sister
Charleene Minor Dickinson
Donated by the artist July 2, 1999

L'Deane Trueblood is a sculptor who grew up in Norman and graduated from the University of Oklahoma. She is best known for her sculptures of children.
Website: http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/utah-artists/UAP-LDeane-Trueblood.php

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Sunflower Girl Figure Type: Human Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: L'Deane Minor Trueblood Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 7/2/1999 Materials used: Bronze Location: June Benson Park

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