Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  Return to results
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Bufano, Beniamino,
     
  •  
    		• Rich, Don,
     
  •  
    		• Animal -- Bear
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bear and Cubs, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bufano, Beniamino, 1898-1970, sculptor.
    Rich, Don, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Bear and Cubs, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1973.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: black granite; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 61 x 32 x 32 in.; Base: approx. 18 x 47 3/4 x 47 3/4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of base:) STATE FOUNDATION OF CULTURE AND THE ARTS ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/CAST GRANITE/"BEAR AND CUBS"/BY/BENIAMINO BUFANO/GIFT TO THE STATE OF HAWAII FROM THE NIELSEN COLLECTION/STATE OF HAWAII DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES unsigned
    Description: 
    Adult bear sits upright embracing two cubs between its legs. The adult bear and the two cubs are facing each other.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
    Located Kauikeaouli Hale, 111 Alakea Street, Corner of Alakea & Hotel Streets, entrance, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift to the state from the artist's daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund and Aloha Nielson. The casting was arranged through the Bufano Society of the Arts in San Francisco; transportation and installation of the sculpture provided by the Art in Public Places Program of the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program; and an article from "Cultural Climate" dated September 1984, pg. 8. The sculpture was cleaned and sealed in May and June 1993.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
    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 HI000022
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureHI000022Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System