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    		• Anderson, Dennis,
     
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    		• Degginger, Timothy,
     
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    		• Deggingers Foundry,
     
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    		• Animal -- Lion
     
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    		• Dress -- Costume
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Topeka
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Genesis, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Anderson, Dennis, 1940- , sculptor.
    Degginger, Timothy, sculptor.
    Deggingers Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Genesis, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1988. Dedicated 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: silicon bronze; Base: simulated stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. x 4 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 1 ft. x 4 ft. 9 in. x 12 ft. 6 in. (4,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    Anderson Deggingers (On plaque on front of base:) GENESIS/BY/DENNIS ANDERSON/FOR/LIONS PRIDE/WORLD FAMOUS TOPEKA ZOO/TOPEKA, KANSAS/THROUGH THE PATRONAGE OF/EVA F. BENNETT, RANDOLPH G. AUSTIN &/FAIRLAWN PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER/THIS SCULPTURE IS DEDICATED TO ALL/CHILDREN EVERYWHERE AND A HERITAGE/OF SUNLIGHT AND GREEN HILLS, COOL/WATER AND THE YELLOW WARMTH OF/MORNING LIGHT/1989 DEGGINGER'S FDRY signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A crouched lion drinks from a small water hole. The sculpture articulates the lions' muscular body, barbed tongue, tufted tail, and massive paws with claws retracted. Imprinted in the mud on the base of the sculpture are animal footprints and a small African mask.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Lion
    Dress -- Costume -- Mask
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Topeka
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Topeka, Parks and Recreation, Department Zoo, 635 Southwest Gage, Topeka, Kansas 66606
    Located Topeka Zoo, Lions Pride, Gage Park, Topeka, Kansas
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was fabricated through the patronage of Eva F. Bennett, Randolph G. Austin, and the Fairlawn Plaza Shopping Center. Tim Degginger and other foundry personnel assisted the artist with the sculpture's fabrication. IAS files contain related articles from Zoo Magazine, 24 (1988): pg. 4-6; and Zoo Magazine, 25 (1989): pg. 18-19.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas 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 KS000529
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