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    		• McVay, Pat,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Brainerd
     
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    Paul Bunyan as a Baby, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McVay, Pat, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Paul Bunyan as a Baby, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: carved white pine and cast iron rods; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 6 ft. x 22 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 3 ft. 9 in. x D. 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    Pat McVay 1991 (Far right of sculpture:) PAUL BUNYAN TALE/PAUL WEIGHED 88 POUNDS/AT BIRTH. IT TOOK FIVE/STORKS TO DELIVER HIM/WHEN HE WAS BORN./CARVED BY-PAT McVAY (A sign held by one of the storks, incised:) DELIVER TO THE/BUNYANS signed
    Description: 
    Chain saw carved sculpture depicts Paul Bunyan as a baby lying down and drinking from a bottle with measuring lines carved into it. Five storks surround him. The legs of the storks are made of cast iron rods.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Character -- Paul Bunyan
    Animal -- Bird -- Stork
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Brainerd
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City of Brainerd, Engineering, 501 Laurel Street, Brainerd, Minnesota 56401
    Coadministered by RUDAT, Brainerd, Minnesota 56401
    Located 6th & Laurel Streets, Brainerd, Minnesota
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota 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 MN000298
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