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Natural Instincts, (sculpture). Artist:  Fay, Joe, sculptor. Soto, Gary, author. Title:  Natural Instincts, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast bronze. Dimensions:  3 parts. Bird: approx. 22 x 23 x 1/2 in.; Cat: approx. 25 x 29 x 1/2 in.; Dog: approx. 35 x 20 x 1/2 in. Inscription:  (On bird:) What scares me most is windy traffic,/A rushed step, The same with birds./Men in suits toss bread when we should feed on love. (On cat:) Like you, glad worker, the cat hungers before noon./Its blood is alive. When it leaps,/Not even its shadow can keep up. (On dog:) The business of stray dogs is to trot through rain,/Bark and roll on grass. They follow smoke and leaves./They sleep on flowers, which each morning spring back. unsigned Description:  Three flat silhouetted animals, a bird, cat and dog, installed on the exterior of the building. The bird is in flight, the cat is leaping, and the dog is walking with its head and tail down. Each piece has beveled edges. Poetry appears in the middle of each animal, the lettering cut out of the surface. Subject:  Animal -- Bird Animal -- Cat Animal -- Dog Object -- Letter Literature -- Soto Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Los Angeles, Community Redevelopment Agency, Art Program, 354 South Spring Street, 7th floor, Los Angeles, California 90013 Located Citicorp Center, 7th & Figueroa, Poets' Walk, Los Angeles, California Remarks:  One of seven sculptural collaborations between artists and poets that make up the "Poets' Walk" series throughout Citicorp Plaza. Series was funded and commissioned by the Prudential Realty Group at an approximate cost of $1.3 million. Lucoff/Lewis Advisors in the Visual Arts were consultants. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA000453   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000453 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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