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    		• Bonheur, Isidore,
     
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    		• Peyrol, Hippolyte,
     
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    		• Val D'Osne,
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Bristol
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bull Gates, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bonheur, Isidore, 1827-1901, sculptor.
    Peyrol, Hippolyte, caster.
    Val D'Osne, founder.
    Title: 
    Bull Gates, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Colt Park Bulls, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled ca. 1865. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1913.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    2 bulls. Left bull: approx. 68 x 106 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 110 x 117 x 52 in.; Right bull: approx. 79 x 96 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 106 x 117 x 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On self base of each sculpture:) ISIDORE BONHEUR SCULP/PARIS/VAL D'ONSE, PARIS/FONDEUR (On bases in bronze letters, several missing:) COLT STATE PARK (Incised on right base:) COLT FARM/PRIVATE PROPERTY/PUBLIC WELCOME signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Pair of bulls on pedestals on either side of a gate to a park entrance. The bull on the right is standing and the bull on the left is in a charging position.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Cattle
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Rhode Island -- Bristol
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Rhode Island, Department of Environmental Management, Parks & Recreation Division, 1 Colt Drive, Bristol, Rhode Island 02809
    Located Colt State Park, Hope Street Entrance, Bristol, Rhode Island
    Remarks: 
    The bulls were modeled in plaster and exhibited at the Salon of 1865 in Paris. Bulls were cast in an edition of three in different sizes. The first cast, commissioned by the Sultan Abdul Aziz of Constantinople, was never paid for, and its location is not known. Another cast was sold in New York and the last cast was located at an abattoir in Paris. It is not known whether these particular figures were those sold in New York, or if they were purchased by Mr. Colt of Bristol for his farm, now Colt State Park, in Paris when he purchased other art. IAS files include a related article from "Country Life" Dec. 14, 1989, a page from a Sotheby catalog, a reference to a Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission Publication entitled "Calendar of Colt Farm, August, Main Entrance to Farm," 1921. Site is listed with the National Register Poppasquark Farms Historic District.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Rhode Island survey, 1993.
    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 RI000072
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