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Animal -- Cattle
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
Sculpture
Steer's Head, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Steer's Head, (sculpture).
Dates:
1876. Dedicated 1995.
Medium:
Sculpture: sandstone; Base: concrete and concrete block.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 52 x 76 x 40 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 54 in. x 54 in. (2,500 lbs.).
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A high relief head of a steer projecting from the middle of the spandrel formed between what had been two adjacent arches of Dayton's Old Market House building.
Subject:
Animal -- Cattle
Object Type:
Architectural component
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Public Arts Commission, P. O. Box 22, Dayton, Ohio 45401
Located Market Square, Main Street, Dayton, Ohio
Remarks:
The sculpture was part of the market house located on the site from 1876 until 1954, when the building was razed to build a hotel. At the time, the sculpture was removed to a farm in Harrison Township, Ohio. The sculpture was installed near its current site in the early 1980s, but in 1983 vandals broke its horns and ears. Caso Impex of Detroit restored the damaged parts in the spring of 1995 and the sculpture was reinstalled on a new base at its present location near the center of the park. IAS files contain a related article from the Dayton Daily News, March 11, 1983, discussing the vandalism. IAS image files also contain a photograph of the sculpture taken by the SOS! surveyor before its reinstallation.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Dayton Daily News (Dayton, OH), March 11, 1983.
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 OH000222
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000222
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