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Large Snail, (sculpture). Artist:  Speyer, Tillie, 1889-1979, sculptor. Title:  Large Snail, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Snail, (sculpture). Dates:  Original 1965. 1967. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 x 6 x 4 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Subject:  Animal -- Other -- Snail Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh Sculpture Owner:  Administered by County of Allegheny, Maintenance, 1520 Penn Avenue, Penn Liberty Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222 Located Hartwood Acres Park, 215 Saxonburg Boulevard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15238 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Speyer, Tillie, Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift to Allegheny County from the family of the sculptor, Tillie Speyer, in 1980. It was created in Italy and based on a smaller version designed for the 1965 Young Sculpture Salon. It was formerly located in the sculptor's garden in Squirrel Hill. References:  Hartwood Acres Park, 1988. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0248, 1989. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 338. 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 64010003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 64010003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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