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    Freedom Bird, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bass, Jim, 1933- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Freedom Bird, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993. Dedicated June 6, 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: silicon bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 27 x 24 x 16 in.; Base: approx. 61 x 20 x 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On back of sculpture:) BASS 93 (On plaque on front of base:) FREEDOM BIRD/BY JIM BASS/TO COMMEMORATE THE NEW BIRTH OF/FREEDOM/ACQUIRED BY MANY COUNTRIES OF THE/WORLD AS TOTALITARIAN SYSTEMS FALL/IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 1990's./A GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF TOPEKA BY/THE FRIENDS OF REINISCH ROSE GARDEN/DEDICATED JUNE 6, 1993 signed
    Description: 
    Abstract bird atop a concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Bird
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Topeka
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Topeka, Parks and Recreation, 215 S.E. 7th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66603
    Located Gage Park, South entrance, Reinisch Rose Garden, Topeka, Kansas
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1994.
    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 KS000053
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