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The Wilderness Gate, (sculpture). Artist:  Birch, Emile A., 1947- , sculptor. Title:  The Wilderness Gate, (sculpture). Dates:  Sept. 1985. Copyrighted Sept. 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted Beton concrete, ceramic tiles, and New Hampshire granite. Dimensions:  Approx. 11 1/2 x 18 x 10 ft. (7 tons). Inscription:  (On ceramic panel:) Emile Birch (On lower right hand corner on both sides:) EB 1985 signed Description:  A large reinforced concrete salmon-colored arched gateway with two concrete side panels and two granite columns. Inlaid hi-fired ceramic tiles, inset in the tops of the arches and on the side panels, depict animals native to New Hampshire. Animals depicted include a red-tailed hawk with a snake in its talons, a loon, swan, great blue heron, woodcock, crow, blue jay, robin, purple finch, mallard duck, owl, pheasant, mourning dove, woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, cormorant, herring gull, and a frog. The flanking side panels, also salmon-colored, have identical cobalt blue reliefs depicting other images of New Hampshire wildlife, including: a moose, skunk, turtle, salamander, woodchuck, bobcat, mole, owl, frog, bear, grey squirrel, deer, rabbit, wolf, weasel, raccoon, beaver, snake, porcupine, hummingbird, otter, opossum, mouse, muskrat, coyote, fox, trout, bass, and sunfish. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Place -- New Hampshire Animal -- Bear Animal -- Beaver Animal -- Coyote Animal -- Deer Animal -- Mole Animal -- Mouse Animal -- Muskrat Animal -- Opossum Animal -- Otter Animal -- Porcupine Animal -- Rabbit Animal -- Raccoon Animal -- Skunk Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Weasel Animal -- Wildcat Animal -- Wolf Animal -- Woodchuck Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Animal -- Amphibian -- Salamander Animal -- Bird -- Hawk Animal -- Bird -- Loon Animal -- Bird -- Swan Animal -- Bird -- Heron Animal -- Bird -- Woodcock Animal -- Bird -- Crow Animal -- Bird -- Blue Jay Animal -- Bird -- Robin Animal -- Bird -- Finch Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Bird -- Pheasant Animal -- Bird -- Dove Animal -- Bird -- Woodpecker Animal -- Bird -- Cardinal Animal -- Bird -- Kingfisher Animal -- Bird -- Cormorant Animal -- Bird -- Gull Animal -- Bird -- Hummingbird Animal -- Fish -- Bass Animal -- Fish -- Sunfish Animal -- Fish -- Trout Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Concord Relief Gate Sculpture Owner:  Chubb LifeAmerica, One Granite Place, Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Remarks:  Commissioned for the Chubb LifeAmerica Company's new expanded headquarters. The artist has described the sculpture as "a gateway conceived to help us recognize that we are each responsible for the wilderness." IAS files contain articles from the Concord Monitor, April 18, 1985, pg. 28; International Sculpture, (January/February 1986): pg. 13; and an excerpt from the Chubb LifeAmerica's newsletter "Chubb Connection," Sept. 1985, pg. 2. IAS files also contain Chubb Life press releases dated April 1, 1985, June 13, 1985; and Oct. 4, 1985. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. International Sculpture, (January/February 1986): pg. 13. 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 NH000268   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000268 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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