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Herons and Cormorants, (sculpture). Artist:  Liff, Walter, sculptor. Title:  Herons and Cormorants, (sculpture). Dates:  1996. Installed April 29, 1996. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cor-Ten steel. Dimensions:  18 units. Each approx. 14-42 in. x 17-31 in. x 3/8-4 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On two of the cormorants:) I-95 (On remaining birds, in script:) W. Liff/'96 signed Description:  Site installation along the top of an earthen retaining wall between two retaining ponds. The installation consists of a line of 18 silhouettes of cormorants and herons. The birds are depicted in various poses and are placed directly in the ground. The welded Cor-Ten steel sculptures are connected with buried rebar. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Cormorant Animal -- Bird -- Heron Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Hampton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of New Hampshire Liquor Commission, Storrs Street, P. O. Box 503, Concord, New Hampshire 03302 Located New Hampshire State Liquor Outlet #76, Interstate 95, P. O. Box 2081, Retention ponds, Hampton, New Hampshire 03843 Remarks:  The sculpture is one of three commissioned by the state for the new state liquor store. The sculpture was funded under New Hampshire's half-percent for art law. IAS files contain detailed dimensions for each of the 18 figures and detailed descriptions of each bird's pose. IAS files contain copies of artist's proposal and artist's statement. IAS files contain copies of related articles from The Union Leader (Manchester, NH), April 12, 1996 and Portsmouth (NH) Herald, April 26, 1996. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1996. Illustration:  Image on file. Portsmouth (NH) Herald, April 26, 1996. 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 NH000517   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000517 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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