Coadministered by City of St. Joseph St. Joseph Michigan 49085
Coadministered by Upton Foundation St. Joseph Michigan
Located Margaret B. Upton Arboretum Off Lake Boulevard & Ship Street St. Joseph Michigan
Date:
1989. Copyrighted 1989
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
Image on file.
The Herald-Palladium (Benton Harbor-St. Joseph, MI), July 3, 1989.
(On lower rim of sculpture:) (copyright symbol) PARKS 89 (Upper front of base:) SAND CASTLES.WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF .../GIVEN TO THE CITY OF ST. JOSEPH/IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK S. UPTON 1989 signed
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Summary:
A father and two children kneel on the seashore, making a sand castle. The father has short hair and wears a tanktop and shorts. He is in the center and has his arms around the shoulder of a girl on his proper right, and a boy on his proper left. The girl has a ponytail and wears a one-piece swimsuit, and places a cup over the sandcastle. The boy has short hair and wears swim trunks. His proper left hand is on his upraised bent proper left knee. The boy motions with his proper right hand, as if to touch the sand castle. The sculpture sits atop granite base.
