School Children's Monument and Flagpole. Salt Lake City, Utah

1972

Lee Friedlander

Associated Names
Lee Friedlander

Artist, American, born 1934

The sculpture depicts two children standing on either side of a flagpole. To the left, a boy is shown with his right arm raised, pointing towards the flagpole. To the right, a girl stands with her arms at her sides, looking towards the flagpole. The sculpture is made of bronze, with the two figures on a stone or concrete pedestal. The boy and girl are looking towards the flagpole. The urban environment shows buildings, cars, and people in the background.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Robert B. Menschel Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 17 x 25.6 cm (6 11/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.8 x 35.4 cm (10 15/16 x 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.22.335

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

NGA purchase, 2001.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • The American Monument. New York, 1976: pl. 41.

Inscriptions

all on verso: center: artist's stamp with graphite addition: Lee Friedlander; across bottom in graphite: School Children's Monument and Flagpole, Salt Lake City, Utah 41 (circled); lower right in graphite: 111-17

Wikidata ID

Q64156675

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