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    		• Rossi, Mark,
     
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    		• Sculpture Resource Studio,
     
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    		• Desert Crucible Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Tapir
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bronzes for the Blind: Tapir, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rossi, Mark, sculptor.
    Sculpture Resource Studio, founder.
    Desert Crucible Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Bronzes for the Blind: Tapir, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 6 in.; Base: approx. 36 x 14 x 13 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    Mark Rossi (On plaque on upper front of base, in English and in Braille:) Tapir/Gift from/Lee Brooks Thornton signed
    Description: 
    A tapir is standing viewable from the front in perfect profile. Its proper left front leg is bent up and its remaining three legs are secured to a small base. The tapir's head is pointing with the snout up and the mouth slightly open. The curve from the tip of the snout to the tail is a graceful S curve. The ears extend outward at 45 degree angles from the head.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Tapir
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Tucson, Department of Parks and Recreation, 900 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716
    Located Reid Park Zoo, 1100 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was a gift from Lee Brooks Thornton, a pioneer supporter of the Reid Park Zoo. It is part of the Bronzes for the Blind, a project developed by the zoo to offer the blind tactile images of the zoo animals. Each sculpture is placed at hand-level where it can be touched. The project is an ongoing collaboration between the zoo and the artist.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona, Tucson 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 AZ000588
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