Sand Castles - What Dreams are Made of... - St. Joseph, MI
N 42° 06.706 W 086° 28.827
16T E 542952 N 4662316
This beautiful sculpture shows a man and his two children making a Sand Castle. It is a bronze sculpture created by Charles Cropper Parks in 1989.
Waymark Code: WM36QE
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2008
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The Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog web site lists the following information:
"A father and two children kneel on the seashore, making a sand castle. The father has short hair and wears a tanktop and shorts. He is in the center and has his arms around the shoulder of a girl on his proper right, and a boy on his proper left. The girl has a ponytail and wears a one-piece swimsuit, and places a cup over the sandcastle. The boy has short hair and wears swim trunks. His proper left hand is on his upraised bent proper left knee. The boy motions with his proper right hand, as if to touch the sand castle. The sculpture sits atop granite base.
Sculpture was given by the Upton Foundation in memory of Frederick S. Upton, co-founder of Whirlpool Corporation. The artist states: "Mr. Upton loved his family best of all and for that love this work is dedicated to the citizens of St. Joseph." Mr. Upton was the husband of Margaret Beckley Upton, for whom the arboretum is named."