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A bronze tennis racket leaning up against a park bench with a metal dog laying near it.

About the Sculpture

This life size bronze tennis racket leans against a park bench in Jan Pitsch Green and will complement the existing sculpture of a poodle, Emma. It is a memorial to Margaret Small as indicated by the name on the handle. Margaret Small became the caretaker of Emma after Jan Pitsch passed away in 2008. Small worked at Lincoln Telephone Company/Lincoln Cellular for 40 years. She loved playing sports like tennis, was a master gardener, and loved taking care of their standard poodles. She passed away April 16, 2019 to pancreatic cancer and a group of her friends who all played tennis together wanted to honor her memory with a sculpture made by Sondra Jonson, who also made Jan's Emma.

A bronze tennis racket leaning up against a park bench.

A bronze tennis racket leaning up against a park bench with a metal dog laying near it. ]

The handle of the bronze tennis racket featuring the artists name

About the Artist

Sondra L. Jonson of S. L. Studios has been thinking of a career in art since the age of 5. She was born in Philadelphia, PA and studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Centro de Estudios Hispanicos (Madrid, Spain) and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bryn Mawr College and the Frudakis Academy of Art.

She established her studio in 1985, and her work consists of sculptures, from miniature to monuments and is on display across the United States and in Europe. Three more of her pieces can be found in Lincoln, Jan's Emma, Day Dreams and Clancy.

Additional Information

Jan Pitsch Green

Length: 27 in.

Width: 11 in.