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(Big Red Bird), (sculpture). Artist:  Pereyma, Aka, 1927- , sculptor. Title:  (Big Red Bird), (sculpture). Dates:  1980. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: farm implements and machinery parts, painted; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 1/2 x 3 x 4 ft.; Foundation: approx. 4 in. x 3 ft. x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On proper right side:) AKA 80 signed Description:  An abstract, bird-like sculpture made from an assemblage of found objects, such as farm implements, machinery parts, and metal tools. The objects have been welded together and painted red. The sculpture is bolted to a rectangular concrete slab which is partially buried. The sculpture stands in a wooded section of the campus near the University's nature trail. Subject:  Abstract Animal -- Bird Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Middletown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Miami University, Middletown Campus, Physical Facilities, 4200 East University Boulevard, Middletown, Ohio 45042 Located Miami University, Middletown Campus, Entrance to the nature trail, Middletown, Ohio 45042 Remarks:  This sculpture project was supported by a $500 grant from the Ohio Arts Council matched by Miami University. Students at Miami University's Middletown campus assisted the artist in finding agricultural tools and metal machinery parts which were used in constructing the sculpture. IAS files contain a Miami University press release, dated April 21, 1980, announcing that visitors were encouraged to watch the artist at work on the sculpture. IAS files also contain a copy of a flyer, dated May 1989, describing the outdoor sculpture of Miami University's Middletown campus. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati 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 OH000490   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OH000490 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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