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Armadillo - Wall Walking, (sculpture). Artist:  Eppling, Paul, d. 2016, sculptor. Title:  Armadillo - Wall Walking, (sculpture). Dates:  1977-1980. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: welded steel, chrome bumpers, machine parts, and found objects, coated with acrylic lacquer; Base: granite and limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 80 in. x W. 62 in. x L. 159 in. (3-4 tons). Inscription:  (On proper left front of shell:) p. eppling 80 signed Description:  Large abstracted armadillo made from welded machine parts and found objects. Discarded automobile bumpers form the front and rear parts of the shell and tail. The body is made out of the coil from an asphalt heater. The scales are punched out of car bumpers; the toe nails are made out of drag line buckets; and eyes are from gears. The sculpture looks as though walking down stone wall. Subject:  Animal -- Armadillo Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- St. Petersburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of St. Petersburg, Parks Department, 1450 16th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33733 Located Boyd Hill Nature Trail Park, 1104 Country Club Way South, St. Petersburg, Florida Remarks:  IAS files contain related articles from St. Petersburg Times, April 18, 1979; Oct. 29, 1980; and Aug. 21, 1987. Materials donated by W.L. Cobb Construction Company, Coastal Steel Construction Company, Alert Bumper and the people of St. Petersburg. Artist's employment funded by grants from the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act and the City of St. Petersburg's Fine Arts Maximum Usage Squandra and the Art Resource Corps. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Tampa survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. St. Petersburg Times, Oct. 29, 1980, pg. 3B. Related Works:  Companion to: FL000021. 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 FL000020   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000020 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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