Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Maggiore, Vince,
     
  •  
    		• Ruiz-Torres, Justo,
     
  •  
    		• Shidoni Foundry,
     
  •  
    		• Animal -- Portrait
     
  •  
    		• Animal -- Ape
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hazel, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Maggiore, Vince, sculptor.
    Ruiz-Torres, Justo, assistant.
    Shidoni Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Hazel, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Unveiled Nov. 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: bronze.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. 10 1/2 in. x W. 2 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. 6 in. x W. 4 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Hazel, a female gorilla, sits with her back against a rock, her arms around her proper right knee.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Portrait -- Hazel
    Animal -- Ape
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Phoenix Zoo, 455 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Arizona 85018
    Remarks: 
    A nearby plaque reads: Hazel/Lowland Gorilla/1959-1991/For 29 years, she shared the/dignity of her species with the/people of Arizona. To her spirit/this bronze is dedicated-in hopes/it will move visitors to become/better stewards of this planet. A second nearby plaque reads: In loving memory of/Vincent D. Maggiore/Dedicated to a man who loved/his children above all else./We are strengthened by his/honesty and integrity./We love you./Lisa and Vinny.
    The sculpture is a memorial to Hazel, a former gorilla at the Phoenix Zoo, and to Vincent D. Maggiore, the artist's father. Hazel spent 29 of her 31 years in the Phoenix Zoo. Upon her death, a public outpouring of grief lead zoo officials to consider commissioning the sculpture. Nancy Maytag Love, widow of the zoo's founder, donated $5,000 for the sculpture. The artist grew up visiting the Zoo with his father, Vincent D. Maggiore. When both his father and the gorilla died within months of each other, the artist undertook the sculpture as a memorial, from himself and his sister Lisa Oster. Justo Ruiz-Torres was the foundry assistant. IAS files contain related article from Arizoo (Jan. 1994), pg. 2-5.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1994.
    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 AZ000539
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculptureAZ000539Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System