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Billig, Marcia,
Literature -- Aesop
Literature -- Character
Literature -- Character
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Silver Spring
Sculpture
Lion, (sculpture).
Artist:
Billig
,
Marcia
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Lion, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned April 1989. Copyrighted 1989. Dedicated Jan. 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 4 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 31 x 19 x 24 in.
Inscription:
(On sculpture:)
Marcia
Billig
(copyright symbol) 1989 (On plaque front of base:) LION/
MARCIA
F.
BILLIG
/1990 signed
Description:
The sculpture brings to life the characters of the lion and the mouse from Aesop's Fables. The lion is rearing up on its hind legs on top of the pages of an open book. Near the lion's proper left foot is a small mouse.
Subject:
Literature -- Aesop -- Lion and the Mouse
Literature -- Character -- Lion
Literature -- Character -- Mouse
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Silver Spring
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Montgomery County, Art in Public Architecture, Department Facilities/Services, 110 North Washington Street, 3rd Floor, Rockville, Maryland 20850
Located Silver Spring Library, 8901 Colesville Road, Silver Spring, Maryland
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1992.
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 MD000021
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MD000021
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