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    		• Rittal, Chetley.,
     
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    		• Whitman, Gil,
     
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    		• Fantasy -- Dragon
     
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    		• Animal -- Insect
     
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    		• Animal -- Giraffe
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Damariscotta
     
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    		• Weather vane
     
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    		• Totem pole
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dragrassraffe, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rittal, Chetley., sculptor.
    Whitman, Gil, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Dragrassraffe, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Maine pine.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Artist's monogram, CR, appears at the base of the sculpture) signed
    Description: 
    Totem sculpture depicts a fanciful animal which is a combination of dragon, grasshopper and giraffe. Its basic orientation is vertical and thin. A weather vane, now missing, was installed atop the piece.
    Subject: 
    Fantasy -- Dragon
    Animal -- Insect -- Grasshopper
    Animal -- Giraffe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Damariscotta
    Weather vane
    Totem pole
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Central Lincoln County YMCA, P. O. Box 787, Damariscotta, Maine 04543
    Located Central Lincoln County YMCA, Business Route 1, Dr. Lonna Bunting Community Playground, Damariscotta, Maine 04543
    Remarks: 
    Gift of Chetley Rittal upon the opening of the playground. The weather vane which appeared on top of the pole was created by Gil Whitman. The Central Lincoln County YMCA is also known as the Central Lincoln County Recreation Center.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
    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 ME000399
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