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Beach, Dennis D.,
Religion -- New Testament
Animal -- Sheep
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- York
Sculpture
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep, (sculpture).
Artist:
Beach, Dennis D., sculptor.
Title:
The Good Shepherd and His Sheep, (sculpture).
Dates:
May 5-6, 1994.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: copper beech; Base: copper beech.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 3. ft.; Base: approx H. 5 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.
Description:
Christ stands wearing heavy draperies and holding a shepherd's crook in his proper left hand with its base resting on the ground. He holds a lamb over his proper right shoulder. Another lamb stands beside him to his proper right. The sculpture is carved from a tree trunk.
Subject:
Religion -- New Testament -- Christ
Animal -- Sheep
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- York
Sculpture
Owner:
Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 397 Tyler Run Road, York, Pennsylvania 17403
Remarks:
The sculpture is carved from a 150 year-old copper beech tree that was originally part of the Snyder farm. The site of the tree was purchased by the Church with a promise to the owners that the tree would be preserved. Since the early 1960s, the tree had served as a landmark for the Church, which identified itself as "Aldersgate by the Copper Beach (sic) Tree." When the tree died, members of the congregation decided to have it carved into a sculpture. IAS files contain a related article from the Dallastown/Red Lion Community Courier, Nov. 30, 1994, pg. 1.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dallastown/Red Lion Community Courier, Nov. 30, 1994, pg. 1.
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 PA000591
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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