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Vail, Lorraine,
Fantasy -- Dragon
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Occult
Occupation -- Occult
Animal -- Amphibian
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland
Sculpture
The Olney Dragon, (sculpture).
Artist:
Vail, Lorraine, sculptor.
Title:
The Olney Dragon, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Alchemist's Nightmare, (sculpture).
Dates:
Cast 1990. Copyrighted 1990.
Medium:
Sculpture: bonded bronze with green/gray patina; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Dragon: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 6 ft. x Diam. 12 ft.; Wizard: approx. 16 x 10 x 12 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 ft. x W. 15 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A Chinese dragon lies with a newt slithering over its proper right eye. Facing the dragon, and maintaining eye-contact, is a wizard sitting with an open book in his lap. The wizard has a long beard and moustache and wears a cap. The dragon appears to rest against a mound the back side of which is transformed into a series of three steps. The sculpture has a green/gray patina. The sculpture is installed on an oval concrete base stained light brown.
Subject:
Fantasy -- Dragon
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Occult -- Alchemist
Occupation -- Occult -- Sorcerer
Animal -- Amphibian -- Newt
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Montgomery County Public Schools, Division of Construction, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850
Located Olney Elementary School, 3401 Queen Mary Drive, Courtyard, Montgomery, Maryland
Remarks:
The school's mascot is a dragon and the sculpture was intended to replace a wall painting of a dragon that was destroyed during a school modernization project. The sculpture cost $9,000 and was funded as part of the county's Works of Art in Public Architecture program. The artist intended a nearby plaque to read: 'Alchemist's Nightmare'/"It was the simplest of recipes...Seven finely pressed bat wings, crushed Wolfbane, two 'Jacks in the Pulpit', one Newt in the eye, or was it 'Eye of Newt'?"/from 'The Alchemist's Nightmare' c 1990 L. Vail.
IAS files contain a copy of the artist's proposal for the sculpture, dated Feb. 14, 1990; a copy of a Feb. 28, 1990 memorandum from the Superintendent of Schools, Montgomery County Public Schools; and an article from The Olney Courier-Gazette, April 11, 1990.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.
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 MD000437
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MD000437
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