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Bottoms, Bud,
Animal -- Seal
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Carpinteria
Fountain
Sculpture
Harbor Seal Pup, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bottoms, Bud, 1928-2018, sculptor.
Title:
Harbor Seal Pup, (sculpture).
Dates:
1993.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Basin: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 3 x 1/2 x 2 ft.
Description:
A fountain featuring a seal pup with its belly on a rock and its head and tail up in the air. An orange starfish and mollusks are on the rock. Surrounding the sculpture is a circular base which sits in a circular fountain basin. Compass directions are embedded in the plaza surrounding the fountain.
Subject:
Animal -- Seal
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Carpinteria
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Carpinteria, Public Works, 5775 Carpinteria, Carpinteria, California 93013
Located Linden Avenue & 8th, Carpinteria, California
Remarks:
A nearby plaque reads: This property on which/this plaza and fountain/are located was/dedicated to the/community of Carpinteria/by our friends/Ralph and Betty Brown/April 12, 1993. Another nearby plaque reads: HARBOR SEAL PUP/Phoca Vitulina/A Community Gift/to the/City of Carpinteria/July 3, 1993/James Bottoms/Sculptor.
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 CA001526
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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