Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kretinger, Jack,     Animal -- Deer     Animal -- Antelope     Animal -- Bear     Animal -- Buffalo     Animal -- Cattle     Animal -- Mule     Animal -- Reptile     Animal -- Other     Performing Arts -- Circus     Architecture -- Vehicle     Figure group     Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Three Forks     Folk     Sculpture

Folk Art Park, (sculpture). Artist:  Kretinger, Jack, sculptor. Title:  Folk Art Park, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Prairie Schooner, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1986-1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete over wire mesh animals, wooden figures, solid concrete clowns, painted, and metal cans; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  20 pieces. Sculpture: approx. 9 x 16 x 3 ft.; Base; approx. 3 in. x 16 ft. x 3 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Twenty animal and human figures are installed on a half-acre lot. The animals include a deer, antelope, black bear, bison, elk and rattlesnake and a smaller snake. A man pulls on the reins of a resisting mule. A woman drives a prairie schooner pulled by two oxen which are equipped to urinate. Four brightly colored clowns play musical instruments. A single male figure stands next to the cafe entrance. A large and small dinosaur stand at the north end of the cafe and next to the cafe sign, respectively. Subject:  Animal -- Deer Animal -- Antelope Animal -- Bear Animal -- Buffalo Animal -- Cattle Animal -- Mule Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Other -- Dinosaur Performing Arts -- Circus -- Clown Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Three Forks Folk Sculpture Owner:  Prairie Schooner Cafe, 10770 Highway 287, Three Forks, Montana 59752 Remarks:  Most of the pieces are flush with the ground, and some have concrete bases. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana 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 MT000219   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MT000219 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact