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    		• Rieger, Shay,
     
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    		• Modern Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Yak
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Greenwich
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Yak, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rieger, Shay, sculptor.
    Modern Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Yak, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1960. Installed 1965.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Yak: bronze; Plinth: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Yak: approx. H. 31 in. x W. 20 1/4 in. x L. 48 in.; Plinth: approx. 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 34 1/4 in.; Base: approx. 9 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 35 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On plinth, behind proper right back leg of yak:) SHAY RIEGER '60 (On plinth, behind the proper left back leg of yak:) Modern Art - New York signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Sculpture of a yak standing on its four legs.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Yak
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Greenwich
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Greenwich Library, Administration, 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Hirshhorn, Joseph, Mr. & Mrs., Connecticut
    Remarks: 
    Former owners Mr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Hirshhorn donated the sculpture to the library in 1965. IAS files contain related news clipping from Greenwich Time, May 25, 1965, pg. A10.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut 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 CT000181
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