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Goat, (sculpture). Artist:  McVey, William, 1905- , sculptor. Title:  Goat, (sculpture). Dates:  1949-1950. Relocated 1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone and cast lead or cast bronze. Dimensions:  2 goats. Each: approx. 6 ft. x 12 in. x 17 in. Description:  Two identical stone goats with metal horns. Each goat is seated on a base that is part of the same stone as the sculpture. The goats are installed on either side of the walkway to the Administration Building. Subject:  Animal -- Goat Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Administration/Maintenance, 4101 Fulton Parkway, Administration Building entrance, Cleveland, Ohio 44144 Provenance:  Formerly located Leisy Brewing Company, Train & Fulton Roads, Entrance, Cleveland, Ohio until 1964. Remarks:  The sculpture is one of a pair created for the Leisy Brewery in 1949-1950. The bears were donated to the zoo by Herb Leisy in 1964. IAS files contain related information from Jane Boruff Tesso's "William M. McVey A Life in Sculpture: Retrospective Exhibition," Cleveland, OH: Case Western University, Mather Gallery, 1988. The SOS! survey reported the media of the horns as bronze, but the Tesso publication noted the horns were made of lead. References:  Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 47. Lybarger, Helen Baldwin, "A Survey of Public Monuments in Cleveland," Cleveland, OH: Early Settlers Assoc. of Cleveland & the Western Reserve, 1979. (booklet) Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 47. 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 87830033   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87830033 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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