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Stegosaurus, (sculpture). Artist:  Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976, sculptor. Kiley, Daniel Urban, landscape architect. Title:  Stegosaurus, (sculpture). Dates:  1972. Copyrighted 1972. Dedicated Oct. 10, 1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel. Dimensions:  Approx. 50 x 32 x 32 ft. (40 tons). Inscription:  CA 72 (On panel on west leg of sculpture:) (copyright symbol) Trustees/of the/Ella Burr/McManus Trust signed Description:  A bright orange-red stabile. It consists of 45 thin steel plates, curvilinear and ribbed, bolted together forming the semi-abstract figure of a Stegosaurus dinosaur from the Jurassic Period. The sculpture has five legs resting on the plaza, creating a set of arched openings. Thrusting upward from the body of the sculpture, at various angles, are several pointed, fin-like components. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Animal -- Other -- Dinosaur Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Hartford Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Ella Burr McManus Trust, c/o Martin, Ionis, 1234 Prospect Avenue, Hartford, Connecticut 06105 Located Burr Mall, Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Remarks:  Mrs. Ionis Martin was reported as the Chair of the Ella Burr McManus Trust in 1993. Inscription on a low marble wall on the north side of Burr Mall reads: Alfred E. Burr Mall/A Gift to the City of Hartford/From His Daughter/Ella Burr McManus/In Memory of Her Father/Dedicated in 1969. The piece cost 150,000 dollars. IAS files contain articles from The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Oct. 11, 1973, pg. 37 discussing the controversy over the sculpture and The Hartford Times (Hartford, CT), Oct. 9, 1973. The sculpture was commissioned by the trustees of the Ella Burr McManus Trust Fund, at the bequest of Ella Burr McMmanus. The fund was designed to finance a memorial to her father, Alfred E. Burr, founder of the Hartford Times. Over sixty years passed before her bequest was realized. Landscape architect Daniel U. Kiley designed the surrounding mall and central fountain. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993. The Hartford Times (Hartford, CT), Oct. 9, 1973. The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Oct. 11, 1973. The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Oct. 11, 1973, pg. 37. Illustration:  The Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT), Oct. 11, 1973. 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 CT000074   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000074 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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