Backyard Adventure - Edmond, Oklahoma
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Max and 99
N 35° 39.896 W 097° 28.684
14S E 637751 N 3947852
Great sculpture for the kids to see! It's located in front of a retirement community.
Waymark Code: WMACP0
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2010
Views: 8
This is a really fun sculpture and I love the action shown by the artist! The young boy is pushing the girl who is sitting inside a tire swing. Both kids are barefoot. The boy is wearing light blue overalls, a dark short-sleeved shirt, and a dark baseball cap that is facing backwards. The girl who is wearing slightly darker blue overalls, with a dark shirt. Her hair is secured in a ponytail by a white ribbon. The girl points one leg up, the other hangs down, showing motion as she is being pushed in the tire swing.
This piece looks so realistic from a distance and the colors just add to the realism! This piece of art is on Boulevard, just south of Danforth. It is by a very large tree (which aids in the appearance that this is a real boy and girl swinging), by a curved sidewalk and bench, on the west side of Bradford Village Retirment Community.
Text on plaque:
Backyard Adventure
by Missy Vandable
Given by Carol Ricks and family
partnering with the Edmond Visual Arts Commission
Dedicated September 23, 2004
From the Smithsonian database:
Remarks:
Funded through public/private partnership with Edmond's Visual Arts Commission, Oklahoma Christian Home, and Carol Ricks.
TITLE: Backyard Adventure
ARTIST(S): Missy Vandable
DATE: 2003
MEDIUM: Bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 68490015
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
906 N. Boulevard (west side of Bradford Village Retirement Community)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Location name has changed to Bradford Village Retirement Community
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