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    		• Burgess, Lowry,
     
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    		• Burgy, Donald,
     
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    		• Cataldo, John,
     
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    		• Dorrien, Carlos,
     
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    		• Guillemin, Robert,
     
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    		• Phillips, David,
     
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    		• Rockefeller, Sydney Roberts,
     
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    		• Wainwright, William H.,
     
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    		• Wainwright, Clara,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Animal -- Amphibian
     
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    		• Animal -- Insect
     
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    		• Object -- Flower
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
     
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    Creature Pond, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Burgess, Lowry, 1940- , sculptor.
    Burgy, Donald, sculptor.
    Cataldo, John, 1924- , sculptor.
    Dorrien, Carlos, 1948- , sculptor.
    Guillemin, Robert, sculptor.
    Phillips, David, 1944- , sculptor.
    Rockefeller, Sydney Roberts, sculptor.
    Wainwright, William H., 1924-2012, sculptor.
    Wainwright, Clara, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Creature Pond, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. Diam. 9 ft.; Base: approx. H. 18 in. x Diam. 12 ft.
    Description: 
    The sculpture represents a small circular pond with water lilies, ducks, chipmunks, frogs, birds, dragonflies, and other forms of pond life. The sculpture sits in a low, circular granite base in a circular brick plaza. Twenty bronze bricks containing a relief of a form of pond life are embedded among the ceramic bricks in the plaza.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Duck
    Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog
    Animal -- Insect -- Dragonfly
    Object -- Flower -- Lily
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201
    Located Post Office Square Park, Congress & Milk Streets, Boston, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    Funded by the Robert Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund.
    References: 
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 21.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Zoukee, Sophye M., "Adopt-A-Statue Casebook," Boston: City of Boston, 1990, pg. 21.
    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 87740084
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