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Tripp, Billy,
Abstract
Figure group -- Family
Figure -- Child
Allegory -- Life
Allegory -- Death
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Brownsville
Sculpture
Birthday for an Unborn Child, (sculpture).
Artist:
Tripp, Billy, sculptor.
Title:
Birthday for an Unborn Child, (sculpture).
Dates:
1984.
Medium:
Mild steel, painted.
Dimensions:
Approx. 69 x 76 x 60 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
An abstract sculpture made of welded steel. The sculpture represents a male and female figure carrying a single object in their arms. They are about to lay it on the grave below. The grave is that of an unborn child, a fetus form partially seen through some wire screen.
Subject:
Abstract
Figure group -- Family
Figure -- Child -- Fetus
Allegory -- Life -- Birth
Allegory -- Death
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Brownsville
Sculpture
Owner:
Owned by Tripp, Billy, 361 West Margin Street, Brownsville, Tennessee 38012
Located 334 West Main, Brownsville, Tennessee
Remarks:
IAS files contain extensive notes on the piece from the artist. Sculptor completed SOS survey and noted that this piece will eventually become part of "The Mindfield" --IAS TN000283. IAS files also contain related articles from Brownsville States-Graphic (Brownsville, TN), May 9, 1991; and Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), Oct. 6, 1991, pg. 1C, 3C.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Brownsville States-Graphic (Brownsville, TN), May 9, 1991.
Jackson Sun (Jackson, TN), OCt. 6, 1991, pg. 1C, 3C.
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 TN000284
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000284
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