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Liff, Walter,
Animal -- Bird
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- New Castle
Sculpture
Flying Heron, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Liff, Walter, sculptor.
Title:
Flying Heron, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
Dec. 1992-Jan. 1993. Installed Jan. 1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Heron: steel, bolted; Base: steel rod, bolted and painted.
Dimensions:
Heron: approx. 44 x 70 x 40 in.; Base: approx. 65 x 1 x 43 in.
Inscription:
(On underside of heron's body between legs:) Liff signed
Description:
A great blue heron in flight. The heron is shown just after takeoff, its wings outstretched and its legs almost in horizontal flying position. The heron holds a small fish in its beak. The heron is bolted to a long curved steel rod that is bolted to a wooden deck.
Subject:
Animal
--
Bird
--
Heron
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
New
Hampshire
--
New
Castle
Sculpture
Owner:
Liff, Walter, 66 Laurel Lane, P. O. Box 96, On deck,
New
Castle
,
New
Hampshire
03854
Remarks:
The artist was one of 3,000 artisans chosen to donate an original work of art for the White House permanent Christmas ornament collection. For the tree, the artist made a scaled-down version of the Flying Heron. IAS files contain a related article from The Portsmouth Herald (
New
Hampshire
), Dec. 22, 1993, pg. A3.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
New
Hampshire
survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The 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 NH000109
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
NH000109
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