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Serpent and Staff, (sculpture). Artist:  Homer, St. Clair, sculptor. Unknown (Rome, Italy), founder. Title:  Serpent and Staff, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1968. Medium:  Bronze. Description:  A serpent wrapped loosely around a vertical staff. Subject:  Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Medicine Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Dress -- Accessory -- Cane Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Oklahoma -- Tulsa Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Tulsa Regional Hospital, 744 West 9th Street, Entrance by Emergency Room & main entrance, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127 Provenance:  Formerly located Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital, 744 West 9th Street, Front entrance, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74127 Remarks:  The sculpture depicts the staff of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. The sculpture was cast in Rome, Italy. The sculpture was originally installed as part of a fountain and tiered terrace in front of the Oklahoma Osteopathic Hospital. The sculpture was moved to the Emergency Room entrance when the hospital, now the Tulsa Regional Hospital, expanded. The sculpture is no longer part of a fountain. IAS files contain a related article from the Tulsa World, Sept. 19, 1968 which contains a photograph of the sculpture in its original location as part of the fountain. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oklahoma survey, 1996. Illustration:  Tulsa World, Sept. 19, 1968. 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 OK000154   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture OK000154 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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