Sperm Whale, (sculpture).

Sperm Whale, (sculpture).

Stein, Jerome, sculptor.

Sperm Whale, (sculpture).

1979. Dedicated Oct. 25, 1983.

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Bronze on a steel base.

Approx. 3 x 10 x 1 ft.

"A mobile made up of 150 circular pieces of bronze in the shape of a whale. Each ring is suspended by a thin wire from a metal bar 15 feet above ground."

Animal -- Whale

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Waterbury

Administered by City of Waterbury, Parks Department, 236 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702

Located Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702

Inscription on nearby plaque reads: SPERM WHALE/by/JEROME STEIN/October 25, 1983. IAS files contain a copy of Waterbury American (Waterbury, CT), Oct. 26, 1983. Stein created the work in 1979 and in 1982 was approached with the idea of placing it on the library grounds. The work was dedicated on Oct. 25, 1983, 20 years after the first section of the library was dedicated. The whale is the state animal of Connecticut and the piece celebrates the state's once thriving whaling industry.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Waterbury American (Waterbury, CT), Oct. 26, 1983.

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