Out to Lunch - Sunnyvale, CA
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 37° 22.304 W 122° 02.367
10S E 585049 N 4136543
A figurative sculpture in front of the Sunnyvale Library.
Waymark Code: WM7H8D
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2009
Views: 4
The inventory describes it as "Full-length, life-size figure of a boy. He sits on a low wooden bench; his legs bent out in front of him. He holds a sandwich in his proper right hand and an open book in his proper left hand. The book is "Pedro Paramo" by Juan Rulfo. He wears a short-sleeved shirt, corduroy pants and laced shoes."
The statue sits by the entrance of the library.
TITLE: Out to Lunch
ARTIST(S): Johnson, J. Seward, Jr., 1930- , sculptor.
DATE: Copyrighted 1981. Installed 1985.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: wood.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA002072
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Located Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, California
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: I wouldn't call the subject a boy, more of a man.
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