Hannabelle, the Cow with the Golden Udder, (sculpture).

Hannabelle, the Cow with the Golden Udder, (sculpture).

Ramer, Linda, sculptor.

Hannabelle, the Cow with the Golden Udder, (sculpture).

Hannabelle II, (sculpture).

Hannabelle Two, (sculpture).

Dec. 1991. Relocated Nov. 1992.

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Sculpture: steel, fabric and concrete, painted and gilded; Base: wood.

Sculpture: approx. 35 x 91 x 50 in.; Base: approx. 10 1/2 x 72 x 50 1/4 in.

(On bronze plaque, under cow's right back foot:) HANNABELLE/The Cow with the golden udder/by Linda Ramer/Owners: Bill & Jane Bowe/Charlie & Carter McDowell/12/4/1990 unsigned

A black cow in a prone position with her head turned to one side, her front legs bent under her. Her right rear leg is splayed to the side, jutting out over the wooden pallet upon which she is mounted, her rear left leg under her tail. She has a gilded udder and there are colorful painted handprints over her body and yellow-orange sunbursts on her rear. Her eyes are painted white stars. Around her neck is a silver chain with a cowbell.

Animal -- Cattle

McDowell, Bowers, & Leibovic Hand Surgery Specialists, 7650 East Parham Road, Richmond, Virginia 23294

Hannabelle II replaces an earlier cow made by the artist and acquired by the owners in March of 1991. The earlier sculpture (Hannabelle I) installed outside their office complex (then on Grove Avenue) was destroyed by vandals in September 1991. In December 1991, the artist created this replacement cow -- Hannabelle II. It was placed indoors in the medical office building on Grove Avenue; and moved to the new office on East Parham Road in November 1991.

For further reading see the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Dec. 28, 1992, pg. E3. IAS files contain information sheet from the office of McDowell, Bowers, & Leibovic.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.

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