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    Whooping Cranes, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ullberg, Kent, 1945- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Whooping Cranes, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated March 17, 1989.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless steel; Base fountain: brick and limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 10 x 5 ft.; Base fountain: approx. H. 2.5 ft. Diam 20 ft. (2,300 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    ULLBERG. 1988 signed
    Description: 
    Two whooping cranes with wings spread stand on a rough ledge in the middle of a fountain pool. The rough ledge on which the cranes stand is adorned with ecological symbols representing the different food sources for cranes in their two major biotopes. On one side are food sources from saltwater tidal zones and on the other side are food sources for wet grasslands. The fountain pool is built of bricks with a limestone ledge along the top.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Crane
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    National Wildlife Federation, 1412 16th Street, N.W., P Street entrance, Washington, District of Columbia 20036
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on nearby plaque reads: WHOOPING CRANES/(GRUS AMERICANA)/BY KENT ULLBERG/NA./THIS MAGNIFICENT STAINLESS STEEL SCULPTURE, CRATED BY KENT/ULLBERG FOR THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION AND FUNDED BY/AN ANONYMOUS DONOR, WAS UNVEILED ON MARCH 17, 1989. STANDING/MORE THAN 12 FEET TALL AND WEIGHING 2,300 POUNDS, WHOOPING/CRANES TOOK THREE YEARS FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION./ECOLOGICAL FEATURES, IMPORTANT TO THE ENDANGERED WHOOPING/CRANES, ARE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN. THE BASE IS SUBTLY DIVIDED/INTO TWO SIDES SYMBOLIZING THE MAJOR BIOTOPES: SALTWATER TIDAL/ZONE AND WET GRASSLAND, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE/DIFFERENT FAMILIES OF FOOD--ANIMALS HIDDEN IN THE BASE. A FEW/MINUTES SPEND DISCOVERING THEM WILL ADD TO YOUR VISIT TODAY.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia survey, 1993.
    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 DC000173
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