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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 -- Elephant
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bronzes for the Blind: African Elephant, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rossi, Mark, sculptor.
    Sculpture Resource Studio, founder.
    Desert Crucible Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Bronzes for the Blind: African Elephant, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 22 x 17 x 8 in.; Base: approx. 44 x 30 x 18 in.
    Inscription: 
    Mark Rossi (On plaque on upper front of base, in English and in Braille:) African Elephant signed
    Description: 
    An African elephant stands, its front legs on a rock, with a tree in front and to its proper left. The tree extends upward curving with the elephant's trunk that is raised in the air. The tusk and the trunk are intertwined with the tree. The elephant's proper right ear fans outward and downward close to the elephant's side while the head turns up. The proper left back leg stretches behind the proper right back leg. The entire sculpture is a graceful arc from the proper left back leg to the top of the tree. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular base with a slanted upper front.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Elephant
    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 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 AZ000591
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