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    		• Phillips, Connie,
     
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    		• Animal -- Platypus
     
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    		• Animal -- Koala
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Koala and Platypus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Phillips, Connie, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Koala and Platypus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    2 sculptures. Koala: approx. 29 x 18 x 10 in.; Base: approx. H. 55 in. x Diam. 58 in.; Platypus: approx. 12 x 25 x 8 in.; Base: approx. H. 14 in. x Diam. 45 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On a plaque attached to the rim of fountain pool:) FOUNTAIN AND ART SCULPTURES/DONATED BY/VIRGINIA YERGENS (On another plaque attached to the rim of pool:) WHERE ARE THE KOALA AND THE PLATYPUS?/At this time, you won't see these two/well-known Australian animals on exhibit./KOALAS eat nothing but the tender leaves of a few kinds of/eucalyptus trees. Since these trees can't grow in cold weather/we can't keep koalas here permanently./The Australian government doesn't allow exportation of/PLATYPUS to any other countries. You'll have to travel to/Australia to see these unusual mammals./Bronze sculptures by Connie Phillips unsigned
    Description: 
    In the center of a circular fountain pool, a bronze sculpture of a koala clinging to a branch with its cub on its back is mounted atop a tall circular base. Nearby, a bronze sculpture of a platypus is mounted atop a short circular base just above the surface of fountain pool. The pool also contains four low fountain jets and four planters mounted on circular bases of varying heights.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Platypus
    Animal -- Koala
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Fort Wayne Children's Zoo, 3411 Sherman Boulevard, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46808
    Remarks: 
    The sculptures and fountain were donated to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo by Virginia Yergens.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana 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 IN000845
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