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Forest Diety, (sculpture). Artist:  Carter, Dudley, 1891- , sculptor. Title:  Forest Diety, (sculpture). Dates:  1947 or 1948. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cedar. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 20 ft. x Diam. 6 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A bust of a female, perhaps an Indian, with long flowing hair and a wreath of flowers atop her head. On top of the flowers are three birds - an owl, a hawk or eagle, and possibly a quail. The sculpture is carved from a tree trunk and surrounded at its base by flowering plants. Subject:  Mythology -- American Indian Allegory -- Place -- Forests Object -- Flower Dress -- Accessory -- Hair Ornament Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bird -- Hawk Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Bird -- Quail Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Bellevue Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Bellevue Square Managers, NE 8th & Bellevue Way, Bellevue, Washington Located Bellevue Square, Northeast side, Bellevue, Washington Remarks:  SOS! survey and nearby plaque list date of sculpture as 1947, but a related ArtMap brochure from the Bellevue Arts Commission, contained in the IAS files, lists the date of the sculpture as 1948. A plaque east of sculpture reads: "FOREST DEITY"/A SCULPTURE BY DUDLEY C. CARTER,/COMPLETED IN 1947 AND PURCHASED BY/THE BANK OF BELLEVUE/A NORTHWEST LEGEND AND BELLEVUE/REDMOND RESIDENT,/DUDLEY CARTER BEGAN WOOD CARVING IN 1930 AT THE/AGE OF 39 AND HAS CONTINUED FOR OVER 50 YEARS./HIS WORK IS ON DISPLAY IN MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1995. 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 WA000256   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000256 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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