Boy on Bicycle - Bristol, VA
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vhasler
N 36° 35.989 W 082° 11.684
17S E 393140 N 4051144
Newsboy on bicycle delivering papers.
Waymark Code: WM9XFX
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/11/2010
Views: 3
Official Description: A boy sits on a bicycle with a newspaper bag attached to the front handlebar. The boy holds a rolled newspaper in his proper right hand and there are many more in the bag. His proper left leg rests on the ground and his proper left hand holds the handlebar. The boy wears a baseball cap, shirt, pants, and shoes.
Inscriptions are the artist name and on the newspaper bag on the bicycle handlebars is BRISTOL/HERALD COURIER/VIRGINIA-TENNESSEAN which are the names of the newspapers.
A specifically commissioned sculpture by the newspaper owner in the early 1990's. One of three bronze pieces found no this site.
TITLE: Boy on Bicycle
ARTIST(S): Blair Muhlestein
DATE: Acquired 1992
MEDIUM: Bronze on concrete base
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS VA000079
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Just to the left of the main entrance at
Bristol Herald Courier
320 Bob Morrison Boulevard
Bristol, Virginia 24201
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The last line of inscription on the newsbag is VIRGINIA-TENNESSEAN versus the VA.TENNESSEAN given by the SIRIS site.
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