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Rossi, Mark,
Sculpture Resource Studio,
Desert Crucible Foundry,
Animal -- Ape
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
Sculpture
Bronzes for the Blind: White Handed Gibbons, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Rossi, Mark, sculptor.
Sculpture
Resource
Studio
,
founder
.
Desert Crucible Foundry,
founder
.
Title:
Bronzes for the Blind: White Handed Gibbons, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 36 x 14 x 13 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 20 x 20 in.
Inscription:
Mark Rossi (On plaque on upper front of base, in English and in Braille:) Donated in honor of Lee Brooks Thornton Pioneer Supporter of the Zoo signed
Description:
A mother Gibbon is seated on a tree limb holding her baby in her proper left arm with the proper right arm holding onto a limb of the tree on which she sits. Her proper right leg is bent with the knee bent up and the baby cradled in the pocket formed, close to her body. The proper left foot covers the proper right foot and the proper left leg is bent and very close to the body. The faces are expressive and surfaces textured. The tree limb extends behind the mother and forms into a tree branch which she holds with her proper right arm. The
sculpture
is mounted atop a rectangular base with a sloped upper front.
Subject:
Animal -- Ape
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
-- Arizona -- Tucson
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Tucson, Department of Parks and Recreation, 900 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716
Located Reid Park Zoo, 1100 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716
Remarks:
The
sculpture
was donated in honor of Lee Brooks Thornton, a pioneer supporter of the Reid Park Zoo. It is part of the Bronzes for the Blind, a project developed by the zoo to offer the blind tactile images of zoo animals. Each
sculpture
is placed at hand-level where it can be touched. The project is an ongoing collaboration between the zoo and the artist.
References:
Save Outdoor
Sculpture
, Arizona, Tucson 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 AZ000587
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