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    		• Bechelli, Gordon,
     
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    		• Hankes, Harold,
     
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    		• Murray, Dave,
     
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    		• Rynearson, Donald,
     
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    		• Animal -- Dog
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Big Rapids
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Ferris Bulldog, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bechelli, Gordon, designer.
    Hankes, Harold, fabricator.
    Murray, Dave, fabricator.
    Rynearson, Donald, designer.
    Title: 
    Ferris Bulldog, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982-1983. Installed Dec. 6, 1983. Relocated ca. 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Cor-Ten steel, partially painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 12 1/2 x 8 x 14 ft. (7,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Proper left front corner, top of base plate, raised lettering:) GV/BECHELLI (Hexagon-shaped plate on top of base plate, incised lettering:) FSC/WELDING/CLASS/84 signed
    Description: 
    A bulldog, made of welded sheet steel, sits on its haunches. The bulldog wears a studded collar with a movable, yellow-painted tag with "FERRIS" in cutout letters. The sculpture is bolted to a base plate.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Dog -- Bulldog
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Big Rapids
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Ferris State University, Buildings and Grounds, 901 South State Street, Big Rapids, Michigan 49307
    Located Ferris State University, Taggart football field, near South & Stadium Drive, Big Rapids, Michigan
    Remarks: 
    Ferris State University was known as Ferris State College when the sculpture was originally installed in 1983. The sculpture was a joint student/faculty project of the School of Technology, funded by the School of Technology General Development fund. Professor Bechelli designed the original, hand-sized model; Professor Donald Rynearson and two students did the full-scale design drawings. The sculpture was fabricated by the Ferris State College Welding Class of 1984, thirty-seven students directed by Professors Harold Hankes and David Murray. The original installation site was west of Swan Hall and north of Johnson Hall, and the sculpture was relocated to its present site around 1987. IAS files contain: excerpt from Ferris State College's "Report to the President from the Centennial Task Force," June 1984, pg. 28.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    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 MI000568
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