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Basket Dance, (sculpture). Artist:  Goodacre, Glenna, 1939-2020, sculptor. Title:  Basket Dance, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Installed 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: sandstone and concrete, painted pink. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 1 in. x 6 ft. 1 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On side of plinth of figure with proper right foot raised and on back of other two figures:) G. GOODACRE/1987/2/12 (On plaque on base:) BASKET DANCE/GLENNA GOODACRE/INQUIRIES/KNOX GALLERIES/1632 MARKET ST. signed Description:  Sculpture consists of three American Indian women, each on her own rock-like plinth, installed on a rectangular base. The figures stand in a circle with their backs to each other. All wear their hair in braids and all wear knee-length dresses, leggings and capes. Each woman holds a round concave basket in her proper left hand and tools in her proper right hand. The figures are representative of the Hopi, Navajo and Zuni tribes. Subject:  Figure group -- Female Object -- Other -- Basket Ethnic -- Indian -- Hopi Ethnic -- Indian -- Navajo Ethnic -- Indian -- Zuni Ceremony -- Dance -- Basket Dance Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Avon Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Avon, Town Council, Arts Council, Art in Public Places, P. O. Box 1368, Avon, Colorado 81620 Located East Benchmark Road & East Beaver Creek Boulevard, Avon, Colorado 81620 Remarks:  Cast no. 2/12. The sculpture was acquired for the Art in Public Places Program, a joint effort of the Avon Town Council and the Avon Arts Council. Sculpture was waxed in the autumn of 1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994. 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 CO000542   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000542 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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