(Mabry's Sphere), (sculpture).

(Mabry's Sphere), (sculpture).

Mabry, Harold, ca. 1910-ca. 1988, sculptor.

(Mabry's Sphere), (sculpture).

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Sculpture: iron wagon wheel hubs, painted; Base: metal.

Sculpture: approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 10 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft. x W. 2 ft.

A sphere constructed of wagon wheel hubs welded together, painted a brick-red color. A metal weathervane with an eagle as a central element protrudes from the top center of the sphere. The sculpture sits atop a base of a circular piece of metal and is attached to the ground by wires and metal spikes.

Object -- Other -- Globe

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Foreman

Administered by Laynesport Landing, Route 1, Box 40, Foreman, Arkansas 71836

Located Matteson Gin, Southwest of Foreman on SR 108, Foreman, Arkansas

Formerly in the collection of Mabry, Harold, DeQueen, Arkansas

The sculpture was originally located in DeQueen, Arkansas, owned by the artist, a blacksmith who intended it to be a hanging piece that would have been suspended with a C-shaped piece of metal. The sculpture was constructed from old wagon wheel hubs using plywood templates. The weather vane was added within the last few years by the father of Gordon Matteson. The sculpture was anchored to the ground after a wind storm in the early 1980s.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1993.

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