Spring, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992.; Image on file.; (On letter:) Tina/Hi! You wouldn't believe how/much I miss you. I am having/a great time here, but I do/wish you were here.//Next month we go on/vacation and I will be home/to see you and I hope you/still love me. So what is new/in town? Last week Bill met a girl and broke up/with Sue. Even if I see/a good looking girl I think/of you and I will never/break up with you.//I hope you don't break up/with me for some one else.//Luv you,/XXXOOO/Johnny (On plaque:) Spring/by J. Seward Johnson/Sited by Sculpture Placement, Washington, D. C. unsigned; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: Full-length figures of a young man and woman studying under a tree. The male figure is reclining on his proper left elbow and reading a textbook. The female figure, wearing a dress, is seated and reading a love-letter. There is a small stack of books between the figures.

Owner/Location: Administered by Lomas Mortgage USA 1600 Viceroy Drive Dallas Texas 75235; Located 1600-1750 Viceroy Drive Dallas Texas

Topic: Allegory--Season--Spring; Figure group; Occupation--Education--Student; Recreation--Courting; Object--Written Matter--Letter; Object--Written Matter--Book