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Creative Displays,
Animal -- Reptile
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Crosby
Sculpture
Serpent, (sculpture).
Artist:
Creative Displays, fabricator.
Title:
Serpent, (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Medium:
Sculpture: fiberglass, painted; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 20 x 6 x 25 ft.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft.
Inscription:
(On one side of base:) Crosby, Mn. (On plaque on front of base:) ERECTED IN 1977/CROSBY/CHAMBER OF COMMERCE unsigned
Description:
A scaled serpent with flippers. Open mouth shows sharp pointed teeth and forked tongue.
Subject:
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Crosby
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Crosby Chamber of Commerce, Crosby, Minnesota 56444
Located Serpent Lake, North Shore, Crosby, Minnesota
Remarks:
IAS files contain related information from Karlann Marling's "The Colossus of Roads", University of Minnesota Press, 1984, pg. 48 and pg. 134.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Marling, Karlann, "The Colossus of Roads," University of Minnesota Press, 1984, pg. 48, 134.
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 MN000291
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000291
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