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Patton, Rod,
Stockburger, Hollis,
Ethnic -- Indian
Animal -- Bird
Figure -- Fragment
Totem pole
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
Sculpture
Star Gazer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Patton, Rod, sculptor.
Stockburger
,
Hollis
, sculptor.
Title:
Star Gazer, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Trail of Tears Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Aug.-Sept. 1988. Dedicated Oct. 22, 1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Elm tree stump.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 22 ft. Diam. 12 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of sculpture, beneath Indian face:) Star Gazer (On back:)
Hollis
Stockburger-Rod Patton signed
Description:
The bark was removed from an old tree and it was carved into a totem pole. At the top of the piece is an eagle with wings extended straight up. Below the eagle is the face of an American Indian. Beneath the face are three large claws. To the proper right side of the face is a human heart in relief with an eight-point star in the middle and white lightning bolts behind.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Indian -- Cherokee
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Figure -- Fragment -- Heart
Object Type:
Totem pole
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga
Sculpture
Owner:
Bob's Trading Post, 1320 Dodds Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37404
Remarks:
IAS files contain related articles from Chattanooga Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sept. 22, 1988, Z-1; and Chattanooga Times (Chattanooga, TN), Oct. 28, 1988 which give background on the conception and creation of the piece. The owner, Bob Welch, is part Cherokee and the sculpture's title "Star Gazer" is Bob Welch's indian name.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Chattanooga Times (Chattanooga, TN), Sept. 22, 1988, pg. Z-1.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS TN000303
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000303
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