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    		• Cassilly, Bob,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Perkins, Marlin
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Animal -- Ape
     
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    		• Animal -- Hippopotamus
     
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    		• Animal -- Elephant
     
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    		• Children
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Marlin Perkins Plaza, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cassilly, Bob, 1949-2011, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Marlin Perkins Plaza, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Bust and reliefs: bronze with patina; Base: cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 1 ft. 9 in x 1 ft. 6 in x 1 ft. 4 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 5 in x 1 ft. 3 in.; Reliefs: each approx. H. 1 ft. 11 in. x W. 4 ft. 10 in.; Reliefs base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in. x 29 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 2 ft. 16 in.
    Inscription: 
    THE MODERN ART FOUNDRY INC./NEW YORK, NEW YORK (On bust proper left arm:) CASSILLY (Plaque on front of base:) MARLIN/PERKINS/PLAZA (On baboon relief:) CASSILLY 87 (On snake relief:) Feeding Blondie 1936 (Plaque on reliefs base:) CASSILLY & CASSILLY/ST. LOUIS, MO. signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bust of man with lion cub cradled in proper right arm. Cub's face is against man's cheek. Bust stands on base set in cement plaza with semi-circular cement wall on which are mounted five bronze relief scenes: men feeding large snake; group of baboons in forest; Marlin Perkins with children and animals in zoo setting; hippos in water; group of elephants.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Perkins, Marlin -- Bust
    Animal -- Lion
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Animal -- Ape
    Animal -- Hippopotamus
    Animal -- Elephant
    Children
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of St. Louis, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 5600 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110
    Located St. Louis Zoo, Front of Big Cat train station, St. Louis, Missouri
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis 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 MO000018
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