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    		• Wu, Kwan,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bear
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Merriam
     
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    		• Fountain
     
     
    The Bear Pit, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Wu, Kwan, 1951- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    The Bear Pit, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Motherhood, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    2002. Installed 2006. Dedicated 2006.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculptures: bronze; Fountain basin and bases: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Mother bear: 60 x 60 x 30 in. Bear cub with mother: 40 x 24 x 14 in. Bear cub with fish: 24 x 36 x 12 in. Fountain basin: 20 x 14 ft.
    Description: 
    Fountain basin featuring three bronze sculptures of a mother bear standing opposite one of her cubs and a second cub playing with a fish nearby. Each sculpture rests on its own base inside the fountain basin. Six water jets surround the bears.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bear
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Merriam
    Fountain
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Merriam, Parks and Recreation Department, 5701 Merriam Drive, Merriam, Kansas 66203
    Located Merriam Historic Plaza, 6304 East Frontage Road, Merriam, Kansas 66202
    References: 
    Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2014.
    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 74870106
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