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    Northwoods Staccato: Homage to Paul Bunyan, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    House, John V., 1926-1982, sculptor.
    Fonderia Francesco B, founder.
    Title: 
    Northwoods Staccato: Homage to Paul Bunyan, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    North Sta-cato, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972. Relocated ca. 1985.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: 4.66 x 6.72 x 6.23 ft. Base: 20 x 40 x 40 in.
    Inscription: 
    signed
    Description: 
    This homage to lumberjack Paul Bunyan is an abstract sculpture consisting of bronze wedges in a curved arrangement
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Homage
    Literature -- Character -- Paul Bunyan
    Allegory -- Place -- Forests
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Golden Valley
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by General Mills, Art Collection, One General Mills Boulevard, P. O. Box 1113, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55440
    Located General Mills, James Ford Bell Research Center, 9000 Plymouth Avenue North, West side of building along entrance sidewalk, Golden Valley, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    First installed outside the visitor entrance at General Mills Headquarters, then moved to their open center courtyard, before being transferred to their James Ford Bell Research Center about 1985. The sculpture was cast using the lost wax process.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    General Mills, Inc., 1982.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.
    House, John V., family of, 2014, 2021.
    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 76000122
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