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    		• Anargyros, Spero,
     
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    		• Kiser, Mike,
     
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    		• Jenson, Milt,
     
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    		• Mario Agguire,
     
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    		• Animal -- Raccoon
     
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    		• Homage -- Jensen, Byron Pierson
     
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    		• Occupation -- Science
     
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    		• Occupation -- Art
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Brisbane
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Raccoon, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Anargyros, Spero, 1915-2004, sculptor.
    Kiser, Mike, fabricator.
    Jenson, Milt, fabricator.
    Mario Agguire, founder.
    Title: 
    The Raccoon, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Byron Pierson Jensen Memorial at Costanos Canon Park, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Base: ca. 1974. Sculpture: 1988. Dedicated 1988.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete, stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 1 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 3 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze plaque on front of base:) FOR THE CHILDREN OF BRISBANE/DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/BYRON PIERSON JENSEN 1908-86/AND HER LOVE OF SAN BRUNO MOUNTAIN/ITS CANYONS NATIVE PLANTS & WILDLIFE/A GIFT FROM HER FRIENDS & FAMILY 1988 (On bronze plaque on front of base:) CASTANOS CANON PARK/SO NAMED BY THE CITY OF/BRISBANE AS AN HISTORICAL/HERITAGE AND CONSERVANCY/FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF ALL;/IN TRIBUTE TO THE GENTLE/INDIAN PEOPLES WHO ONCE/DWELT IN THESE HILLS/1970
    Description: 
    Bronze figure of a raccoon dipping its paws into a small pool of water. The sculpture stands atop a concrete and mortared stone base. The top of the base is hollowed slightly to create the pool of water.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Raccoon
    Homage -- Jensen, Byron Pierson
    Occupation -- Science -- Naturalist
    Occupation -- Art -- Artist
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Brisbane
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Brisbane, 150 North Hill, Suite 40, Brisbane, California 94005
    Located Costanos Canon Park, Humboldt Road near Placer, Brisbane, California
    Remarks: 
    The base was constructed in 1974 by Kiser and Jenson. The sculpture was added and dedicated in 1988 in memory of Byron Pierson Jensen, a civic leader and artist in Brisbane. Cost of the sculpture was $3,000. Funds for the sculpture were raised by friends and family of Jensen. IAS files contain list of donor names. IAS files contain copies of related fund-raising correspondence, dedication ceremony program and copy of related article from Brisbane Bee, Dec. 21, 1988.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
    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 CA001740
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