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Gehrke, Robert,
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Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Winona
Sculpture
Flyway, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gehrke, Robert, sculptor.
Title:
Flyway, (sculpture).
Dates:
Winter 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Approx. 15 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque at bottom:) FLYWAY/ROBERT J. GEHRKE 1993 COR-TEN STEEL/Commissioned for Stark Hall under the/Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places Programs./Birds from top/Canada Geese Common Nighthawk Mallards Bald Eagles Peregrine Falcon/Bank
Swallow
Red-Tailed Hawk Great Egret Herring Gull Osprey Great Blue Heron/Snow Goose Purple Martin American Crows/Brown-Headed Cowbird Wood Duck/Northern Pintails Tundra Swan unsigned
Description:
Free-standing, vertical sculpture contains cut-out images of a variety of birds in flight.
Subject:
Animal
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Bird
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Goose
Animal
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Bird
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Hawk
Animal
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Bird
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Duck
Animal
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Bird
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Eagle
Animal
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Bird
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Falcon
Animal
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Bird
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Swallow
Animal
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Bird
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Heron
Animal
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Bird
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Gull
Animal
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Bird
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Crow
Animal
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Bird
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Blackbird
Animal
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Bird
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Grouse
Animal
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Bird
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Swan
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture
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Minnesota
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Winona
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Minnesota State Arts Board, Percent for Arts in Public Places Program, 432 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102
Located Winona State University, Stark Hall, east entrance, Winona, Minnesota 55987
Remarks:
Commissioned under the Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places Program for $16,000. The birds depicted in the sculpture represent the 18 species migrating every spring and fall at Weaver Bottoms on the Mississippi River, about 30 miles north of Winona. IAS files contain the artist's proposal for the sculpture and a related article from Inside Winona State, Winter, 1994.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
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 MN000628
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