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    		• Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    Wisdom is Lasting; Instinct Fleeting, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000, sculptor.
    Bedi-Rassy Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Wisdom is Lasting; Instinct Fleeting, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1967.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    18 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Lower left:) L. Baskin 1/8 (Inscribed at lower left under rim:) BEDI-RASSY signed
    Description: 
    A relief of a bird surrounded by various insects.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence
    Animal -- Bird
    Animal -- Insect
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Smith College, Smith College Museum of Art, Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063 Accession Number: 1978:20-1
    Provenance: 
    Gift of Warburg, Frederick, Mrs. (Wilma Shannon),
    Remarks: 
    cast no. 1/8
    References: 
    Smith College, Smith College Museum of Art, 1988.
    Smith College Museum of Art, collection printout, 2014.
    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 22280004
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