Crack the Whip (sculpture)

{{Short description|Sculpture by J. Seward Johnson}}

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| caption = The sculpture in Chicago, 2023

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Crack the Whip is a sculpture by J. Seward Johnson. The artwork depicts eight children at play.{{Cite web |title=Chicago's Public Art & Points of Interest |url=https://navypier.org/eat-drink-and-play/public-art-and-points-of-interest/ |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Navy Pier |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-03-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324101217/https://navypier.org/eat-drink-and-play/public-art-and-points-of-interest/ |url-status=live }} One copy was installed in a cemetery in Flint.{{Cite book |last=Schipani |first=Roxanne Rhoads and Joe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OEWrDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Crack+the+Whip%22+seward+johnson&pg=PA80 |title=Haunted Flint |date=2019 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-4304-2 |language=en |access-date=2023-08-24 |archive-date=2023-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824003028/https://books.google.com/books?id=OEWrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=%22Crack+the+Whip%22+seward+johnson&source=bl&ots=NSRvnfpB8m&sig=ACfU3U0wwAGOhff9HIX3zIL5BFOaAkpP5A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVxf7r_fOAAxXkBjQIHZzBDnE4KBDoAXoECBcQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Crack%20the%20Whip%22%20seward%20johnson&f=false |url-status=live }} The copy at Chicago's Navy Pier was installed in 1996.{{Cite web |date=1996-09-01 |title=ART COMES TO LIFE |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-09-01-9609010346-story.html |access-date=2023-08-23 |website=Chicago Tribune |archive-date=2023-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824003203/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |url-status=live }}