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(The Bird), (sculpture). Artist:  Bullard, Ben, sculptor. Title:  (The Bird), (sculpture). Dates:  1979 or 1980. Installed ca. 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: steel; Base: concrete, metal and wood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 17 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 20 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. x 6 ft. 7 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A mottled bronze colored bird with outspread wings, lowered beak and spread tail feathers. The bird is welded to a cross of angle iron. The iron cross is bolted to wooden cross beams, painted black. The wooden cross is set on a cruciform concrete base which rises from the rocky shoreline on which the sculpture is mounted. Subject:  Animal -- Bird Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Sandwich Sculpture Owner:  Located Sharp, Huldah, Off Mill Bridge Road, north shore of Sandwich Bay, Sandwich, New Hampshire Owned by Christodoulopoulos, Leslie, P. O. Box 23, Center Sandwich, New Hampshire 03227 Provenance:  Formerly located The Surroundings, Center Sandwich, New Hampshire Remarks:  Sculpture was originally a silver color, but it oxidized and turned a bronze color. The sculpture rusted and was refinished by the artist. The sculpture was originally displayed outside The Surroundings art gallery in Center Sandwich. It was purchased by Huldah Sharp and given to her daughter Leslie Christodoulopoulos. It originally had a different base; but the base was rebuilt by the sculptor to withstand lake winds. The sculpture is displayed outside only during the summer. It is stored indoors the rest of the year. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. 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 NH000214   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000214 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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