Gorilla Route #66, (sculpture).

Gorilla Route #66, (sculpture).

Perry, Sarah Brinn, sculptor.

Gorilla Route #66, (sculpture).

Armstrong, (sculpture).

Gorilla Route Number 66, (sculpture).

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Rubber tire treads, steel rods, copper wire.

Approx. 4 ft. 10 in. x 3 ft. 8 in. x 4 ft. 10 in.

A life-size sculpture of a male silverback mountain gorilla made of cast-off rubber tire treads. There is an inner frame of welded steel bars. The tires are attached to the frame with copper wire.

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque

Administered by City of Albuquerque, Public Art Program, P. O. Box 1293, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103

Located Solid Waste Main Office, 4600 Edith NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Formerly located Tramway Library, Lomas & Tramway Boulevards, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Sculpture funded by the City of Albuquerque's Percent for Art program. IAS files contain copies of the artist's conceptual narrative, correspondence related to the commissioning of the sculpture, artist's drawings and installation instructions. The sculpture was vandalized and stolen around 1993. It was later recovered and repairs were minimal.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.

City of Albuquerque Public Art Program, 2009.

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.

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