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    		• Rossi, Mark,
     
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    		• Sculpture Resource Studio,
     
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    		• Desert Crucible Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Hippopotamus
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bronzes for the Blind: Pigmy Hippos, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rossi, Mark, sculptor.
    Sculpture Resource Studio, founder.
    Desert Crucible Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Bronzes for the Blind: Pigmy Hippos, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Large hippo: approx. 7 1/2 x 11 x 5 in.; Small hippo: approx. 3 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 6 in.; Base: approx. 44 x 19 x 22 in.
    Inscription: 
    Mark Rossi (On plaque on upper front of base, in English and in Braille:) Pigmy Hippos/Gift from/Lee Brooks Thornton signed
    Description: 
    A pigmy hippo head appears to grow out of the base as if emerging from water. The head faces forward with its mouth open and teeth showing. Small ears and eyes are visible. To the proper left of the pigmy hippo, a larger hippo stands on an incline near a rock. Its head faces forward and its proper left rear leg extends behind the other. Its mouth is closed. Together the two hippos form a V-shape with the vortex at the front. The sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular base with a slanting upper front.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Hippopotamus
    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 a gift from 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 the 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 AZ000590
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