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    		• Possobon, Mauro,
     
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    		• Predock, Antoine,
     
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    		• Adonis Bronze,
     
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    		• Animal -- Reptile
     
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    		• Literature -- Aesop
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Aesop, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Possobon, Mauro, sculptor.
    Predock, Antoine, architect.
    Adonis Bronze, founder.
    Title: 
    Aesop, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Desert Tortoise, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 14, 1992.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 x 44 x 54 in.; Base: H. 27 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On proper left, front of sculpture, on the ground:) "AESOP"/Bronze Sculpture - Desert Tortoise/by/MAURO POSSOBON/August 14, 1992/Cast by ADONIS BRONZE
    Description: 
    Desert tortoise sits on a large, flat rock with his head turned to the proper left side.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle
    Literature -- Aesop
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Las Vegas
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Las Vegas Clark County Library District, Gallery Administration, 833 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
    Located Las Vegas Library, 833 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000017
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