The Newspaper Reader is an outdoor 1978 sculpture by John Seward Johnson II, installed along Pacific Avenue in Forest Grove, Oregon, United States.
The bronze sculpture depicts a man sitting on a bench and reading a newspaper.
It measures approximately 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft, and rests on a concrete base which measures approximately 2.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 ft.
The artwork was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!"
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