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Unknown,
Animal -- Insect
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Stoystown
Billboard
Sculpture
Survivor, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Survivor, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Preying Mantis, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1975. Installed 1977 (?).
Medium:
Painted fiberglass.
Dimensions:
Approx. 10 x 4 x 12 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A preying mantis, painted green, standing up on its rear legs with paws in "begging" position.
Subject:
Animal -- Insect -- Praying Mantis
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Stoystown
Billboard
Sculpture
Owner:
Second Time Around, RD 1, Stoystown, Pennsylvania 15563
Remarks:
The sculpture was brought from out-of-state in 1977, and reportedly is made by the person who made the sculpture outside Dinosaurland in Front Royal, Virginia. One arm and leg of the mantis are replacements. The creature is painted annually and dressed in outfits for the holidays.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 PA001799
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001799
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