Young Elephant, (sculpture).

Young Elephant, (sculpture).

Flanagan, Barry, 1941-2009, sculptor.

Petrasanta Fine Arts, founder.

Tallix, founder.

Young Elephant, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.

Sculpture: approx. 10 x 4 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 15 x 15 ft.

(Artist's monogram appears on the bronze near the base followed by the number 84 and the Tallix foundry mark.) signed Founder's mark appears.

A rabbit balances on it proper right rear foot on top of the head of a small elephant. The elephant stands on a small island which sits in a pool of water in the center of the pink stone base. The base is carved for seating.

Animal -- Rabbit

Animal -- Elephant

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York

Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, Equitable Center Galleria, between 51st & 52nd Streets, New York, New York 10019

Commissioned by the Equitable Life Assurance Society. The Gayle and Cohen publication provided 1984 as the execution date and the SOS survey supplied 1985.

Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 167.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

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