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    		• Steen, Lee,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure group -- Male
     
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    		• Occupation -- Service
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Roundup
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Hog Jaws, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Steen, Lee, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Hog Jaws, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Sheriff, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1950.
    Medium: 
    Figures: cottonwood branches, painted; Hats: stove pipes and pots; Buttons: bottlecaps.
    Dimensions: 
    6 figures. Each: approx. 4 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Six figures are installed in a yard. All are standing against trees except for "Hog Jaws" who sits. The standing figures are abstract and thin while "Hog Jaws" is more cylindric in shape.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure group -- Male
    Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Roundup
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Steen, Hazel, Highway 87 South & Route 12, Roundup, Montana 59072
    Remarks: 
    Sculptures have been moved several times. Hog Jaws has been stolen and recovered. All pieces are chained to their trees to prevent future theft. For related reading, see "Outsider Art in Montana," by Lee Steen, ([Great Falls, MT]: Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art, 1993).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1996.
    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 MT000336
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