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To the Wind Beneath One's Wings, (sculpture). Artist:  Fink, Bruce Paul, 1939- , sculptor. Title:  To the Wind Beneath One's Wings, (sculpture). Dates:  1991. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast and fabricated bronze, stainless steel, cast resin/stone, wound glass and nylon fibers. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 120 in. x Diam. 72 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 120 x 26 in. Description:  Seating and environmental outdoor sculpture which includes a full scale bronze bald eagle with a 72 inch wingspan, alighting on the edge of its net atop a twenty foot high pole. A stone seating bench encircles the pole and nest. Subject:  Abstract Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Litchfield Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Percent for Art Program, 227 Lawrence Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06106 Accession Number: CCA90.x/N-178 Located State of Connecticut, Department of Public Safety, Litchfield State Police Barracks, Troop L, Route 202, In front of Administration Building, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759 Remarks:  The sculpture was purchased for $31,000, with funding provided by the State Percent for Art Program. It sparked controversy when first installed. Nearby plaque reads: TO THE WIND BENEATH ONE'S WINGS/BRUCE FINK, SCULPTOR/COMMISSIONED BY/STATE OF CONNECTICUT/FOR/WESTERN DISTRICT - TROOP L/DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - STATE POLICE/THROUGH THE/DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS/AND THE/CONNECTICUT COMMISSION ON THE ARTS/1990. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. Connecticut Commission on the Arts, 1990. 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 65730026   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 65730026 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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