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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- New Castle
     
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    Flying Heron, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Liff, Walter, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Flying Heron, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dec. 1992. Installed winter 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Heron: steel, bolted and painted; Base: steel rod, bolted and painted black, and wires.
    Dimensions: 
    Heron: approx. 35 x 73 x 54 in.; Base: approx. 66 x 1 x 46 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On underside of body:) Liff signed
    Description: 
    A great blue heron in flight with its wings outstretched and its legs hanging behind it. The heron holds a small fish in its beak and is attached to a long curving rod that is bolted to a rock. There is an eyebolt on top of the heron's head. Wires have been added for extra support.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Heron
    Animal -- Fish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- New Castle
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Liff, Walter, 66 Laurel Lane, P. O. Box 96, On knoll on inland side of house, New Castle, New Hampshire 03854
    Remarks: 
    The artist was one of 3,000 artisans chosen to contribute an original work of art for the White House permanent Christmas ornament collection. The artist may have created a miniature version of this sculpture for his contribution. IAS files contain a related article from The Portsmouth Herald (NH), Dec. 22, 1993, pg. A3. The Flying Heron was exhibited in most of 1993 at an art gallery in York, Maine. There it was hung from above, hence the eyebolt on top of the bird. It was installed at its present site in November or early December 1993. High winter winds broke the original support rod. Wires were subsequently installed.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Portsmouth Herald (New Hampshire), Dec. 22, 1993, pg. A3.
    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 NH000102
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