A Gathering of the Fruits of Harvest, (sculpture).

A Gathering of the Fruits of Harvest, (sculpture).

Corso, Samuel, 1953- , sculptor.

A Gathering of the Fruits of Harvest, (sculpture).

Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 54 x 14 x 11 in.; Base: approx. 8 1/2 x 29 x 29 in.

Abstract bronze four-sided column, each side represents a different season. Winter is represented by pruned, rough branches which stand vertically around a central column erupting from the middle. Spring, the central column, consists of budding branches. Summer is represented by grapes, cattails, clumps of reeds, abstracted wheat and twining grapevines attached around the outside of the central column. Fall is seen as pine cones and various seed pods on the outer edge. The sculpture stands on a square base of polished black stone.

Allegory -- Season -- Winter

Allegory -- Season -- Spring

Allegory -- Season -- Summer

Allegory -- Season -- Autumn

Object -- Foliage -- Pine

Object -- Fruit -- Grape

Object -- Foliage -- Wheat

Object -- Foliage -- Seed

Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- Monroe

Emy-Lou Biedenharn Foundation, 2006 Riverside Drive, Biblical Garden, Elsong Gardens, Monroe, Louisiana 71201

IAS files contain copy of artist's statement.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana survey, 1996.

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