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Boyden, Frank,
Walla Walla Foundry,
Emerald Landscape and Nursery,
Animal -- Fish
Animal -- Bird
Object -- Foliage
Object -- Other
Door
Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Newport
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Boyden, Frank, sculptor.
Walla Walla Foundry, founder. (possibly by)
Emerald Landscape and Nursery, landscape architect.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Bronze Door Handles--Oregon Coast Aquarium, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1992. Dedicated May 23, 1992.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
18 handles. Each handle: approx. 9 x 2 x 2 in.; Each base: approx. 17 x 2.5 x .25 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Eighteen door handles mounted on the doors of the aquarium. Four are shaped as
octopus
tentacles with the suckers facing outwards. Ten are shaped as the head and neck of birds, possibly loons. Two are bull kelp and the last two are seaweed with three small shells at the top.
Subject:
Animal
--
Fish
--
Octopus
Animal
--
Bird
--
Loon
Object
--
Foliage
--
Seaweed
Object
--
Other
--
Shell
Object Type:
Door
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Oregon
--
Newport
Sculpture
Owner:
Oregon Coast Aquarium, 2820 SE Ferry Slip Road, Mounted on outside doors, Newport, Oregon 97365
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon 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 OR000233
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
OR000233
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