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Snare Brook Portage, (sculpture). Artist:  Bigger, Michael D., 1937- , sculptor. Title:  Snare Brook Portage, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: steel and I-beam, welded and painted; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 4 ft. 8 in. x 25 ft.; Foundation: approx. H. 6 in. (2 tons). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture in bright blue, magenta, bright red and yellow. Geometric shapes are connected to a central horizontal I-beam. Sculpture rests on a foundation of two pads. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Place -- Rivers Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Augusta Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Maine at Augusta, Department of Art, 46 University Drive, Augusta, Maine 04330 Located University of Maine at Augusta, Jewett Hall, Augusta, Maine Remarks:  Artist did the sculpture at the instigation of UMA art teacher and sculptor Robert Katz. The artist accepted a $1,500 stipend for the sculpture, and it was painted at a cost of $1,400. The artist took the name for the sculpture from a stream connecting two northern Maine lakes. IAS files contain a related article from the Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), July 7, 1990. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME), July 7, 1990. 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 ME000180   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ME000180 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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