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    Bear/Engine (4998), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Purvis, Robert E., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Bear/Engine (4998), (sculpture).
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    Medium: 
    Steel and gneiss on a concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 30 x 25 x 55 1/2 in.
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture which rests on a rectangular concrete base. The sculpture consists of a stone shape covered with three metal wrappings, two around the sides and one at the top. The wrappings appears to come together but do not meet. There are two metal legs raising the sculpture off of the base on one side.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Architecture -- Machine -- Engine
    Animal -- Bear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Morristown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to Walters State Community College, 500 South Davy Crockett Parkway, Morristown, Tennessee 37813
    Lent by Purvis, Robert E., 110 Nover Drive, Bridgewater, Virginia 22812
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    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 TN000199
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