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Flyway, (sculpture). Artist:  Gehrke, Robert, sculptor. Title:  Flyway, (sculpture). Dates:  Winter 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cor-Ten steel. Dimensions:  Approx. 15 ft. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On plaque at bottom:) FLYWAY/ROBERT J. GEHRKE 1993 COR-TEN STEEL/Commissioned for Stark Hall under the/Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places Programs./Birds from top/Canada Geese Common Nighthawk Mallards Bald Eagles Peregrine Falcon/Bank Swallow Red-Tailed Hawk Great Egret Herring Gull Osprey Great Blue Heron/Snow Goose Purple Martin American Crows/Brown-Headed Cowbird Wood Duck/Northern Pintails Tundra Swan unsigned Description:  Free-standing, vertical sculpture contains cut-out images of a variety of birds in flight. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Goose Animal -- Bird -- Hawk Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bird -- Falcon Animal -- Bird -- Swallow Animal -- Bird -- Heron Animal -- Bird -- Gull Animal -- Bird -- Crow Animal -- Bird -- Blackbird Animal -- Bird -- Grouse Animal -- Bird -- Swan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Winona Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Minnesota State Arts Board, Percent for Arts in Public Places Program, 432 Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Located Winona State University, Stark Hall, east entrance, Winona, Minnesota 55987 Remarks:  Commissioned under the Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places Program for $16,000. The birds depicted in the sculpture represent the 18 species migrating every spring and fall at Weaver Bottoms on the Mississippi River, about 30 miles north of Winona. IAS files contain the artist's proposal for the sculpture and a related article from Inside Winona State, Winter, 1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995. 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 MN000628   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000628 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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