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Clark, Billy,
Animal -- Buffalo
History -- United States
Western
Occupation -- Industry
Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Missoula
Sculpture
Untitled, (sculpture).
Artist:
Clark, Billy, sculptor.
Title:
Untitled, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Buffalo, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1986. Relocated 1989.
Medium:
Sculpture: horseshoes, welded sheet steel, stainless steel and railroad spikes; Base: steel cross beams and plate steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 13 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 7 1/2 ft. x 4 ft.
Inscription:
(Welded onto base:) WC (Incised in base in cursive script:) Gardiner signed
Description:
Buffalo stands on cross-beam base. The front part of the buffalo is an open, lattice-work style and the back part is solid.
Subject:
Animal -- Buffalo
History -- United States -- Westward Expansion
Western
Occupation -- Industry -- Railroad
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Missoula
Sculpture
Owner:
Buffalo Embossing, 400 North California, Missoula, Montana 59801
Remarks:
Prior to its current location, the sculpture was displayed at Great Falls High School in West Yellowstone, Vocational Tech in Butte and Montana Tech in Butte. The word "Gardiner" on the base refers to the railroad at Gardiner, Montana, and the simultaneous completion of the railroad through the West with the demise of the bison.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1996.
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 MT000221
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MT000221
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