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Dolan, Jim,
Figure male -- Full length
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Bear
Disaster -- Accident
Western
Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Ennis
Sculpture
A Wreck Waiting to Happen, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dolan, Jim, 1948- , sculptor.
Title:
A Wreck Waiting to Happen, (sculpture).
Dates:
Copyrighted 1987.
Medium:
Sculpture: welded metal; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
6 pieces. Approx. 7 x 30 x 100 ft.
Inscription:
(On horse's saddle, proper left:) J. Dolan '87 (On plaque near horse:) COWBOY JAKE IS PACKING THE FRONT/QUARTERS AND ANTLERS OF AN ELK. HIS PACK HORSE,/MISTAKE, IS GETTING GOOSED AND AGITATED BY AN/ANTLER THAT NEEDS ADJUSTMENT./LITTLE KNOWN TO COWBOY JAKE HIS SADDLE/HORSE, THUNDER, HAS JUST SPOTTED A GRIZZLY/CUB RUNNING TO HER MOTHER AND THAT HE IS JUST/A MOMENT AWAY FROM:/"A WRECK WAITING TO HAPPEN" signed
Description:
A cowboy is loading an elk carcass onto his pack horse, while his saddle horse stands in front of him. The saddle horse is observing a grizzly cub running to her mother and sibling. The other cub is seated and mother is on her hind legs looking alert and sniffing the air. The scene is set for a disastrous chain reaction, since the pack horse is about to react to a poorly placed elk antler.
Subject:
Figure male -- Full length
Animal -- Horse
Animal -- Bear
Disaster -- Accident
Western
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Montana -- Ennis
Sculpture
Owner:
First Madison Valley Bank, Main Street, Box 5113, Ennis, Montana
Remarks:
This is the first sculpture commissioned under the Montana Spirit Sculpture Program.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Montana survey, 1996.
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 MT000224
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MT000224
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