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    		• Canisalle, Jules,
     
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    		• Animal -- Sloth
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Sloth, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Canisalle, Jules, sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Sloth, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Beast, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1960.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete, wire mesh; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x Diam. 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a prehistoric sloth. The sloth is sitting on its hind legs. Its proper right arm is extended and its head is turned to the proper left. The concrete over wire mesh sculpture stands on a concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Sloth
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Miami Museum of Science, 3280 South Miami Avenue, Miami, Florida
    Located Miami Museum of Science, Entrance, Miami, Florida
    Remarks: 
    The artist was assisted by museum staff. The sculpture has been in three different locations around the museum grounds and was moved to its present site ca. 1990.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami 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 FL000921
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