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Tacca, Pietro,
Pietro Duzzanti & Figlio,
Animal -- Pig
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Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas
Sculpture
Il Porcellino, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Tacca, Pietro, 1577-1640, sculptor. (copy after)
Pietro Duzzanti & Figlio, founder.
Title:
Il Porcellino, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Porcellino Replica, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1983. Installed 1986.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete with granite veneer.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 51 x 36 x 51 in.; Base: approx. 6 x 66 x 72 in. (772 lbs.).
Description:
A wild pig.
Subject:
Animal -- Pig
Object Type:
Copy
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Dallas, Department of Park & Recreation, Division of Cultural Affairs, 1925 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75201 Accession Number: CD.1983.1
Located Dallas Zoo, 621 Clarendon Drive, Marsalis Park, Dallas, Texas 75208
Remarks:
The work is a copy after Pietro Tacca's 1639 bronze, which was based on an ancient Roman marble copy of the Greek original. The sculpture was donated by Curtis and Joan Calder in December 1983. The cost of the sculpture was $17,362 and the cost of the base and installation was $6,314. IAS files contain transcription of nearby marker, and copy of newspaper photograph and caption from Dallas Times Herald, July 16, 1986.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1993.
City of Dallas, 1988.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dallas Times Herald, July 16, 1986.
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 63760085
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Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
63760085
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