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    		• Tacha, Athena,
     
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    		• White, Jerry,
     
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    		• Schroeder, Duane,
     
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    		• Kirk, Ted,
     
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    		• Bratt, Jim,
     
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    		• Cornhusker Tile and Marble Company,
     
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    		• Wood and Stone,
     
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    		• Solid Rock Company,
     
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    		• Animal -- Unspecified
     
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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Animal -- Cattle
     
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    		• Animal -- Pig
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Lincoln
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Corral, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor.
    White, Jerry, contractor.
    Schroeder, Duane, contractor.
    Kirk, Ted, photographer.
    Bratt, Jim, photographer.
    Cornhusker Tile and Marble Company, contractor.
    Wood and Stone, contractor.
    Solid Rock Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Corral, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987-1990. Copyrighted 1987-1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Virginia Buckingham black slate slabs with sandblasted photographs; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 x 80 x 65 ft. (600 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Base of one slab:) Corral 1989 Athena Tacha signed
    Description: 
    Approximately seventy sandblasted photographs of farm animals native to Nebraska appear on the sides of 13 L-shaped slate slabs. Included are cattle, hogs, chickens, and horses.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Unspecified -- Farm
    Animal -- Horse
    Animal -- Bird -- Chicken
    Animal -- Cattle
    Animal -- Pig
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Lincoln
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Nebraska, Landscaping Office, 1340 North 17th, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588
    Located University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Animal Science Building, courtyard, Lincoln, Nebraska
    Remarks: 
    Funded by the State of Nebraska Percent for Art program. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Lincoln Star, Nov. 3, 1989. IAS files also contain a photocopy of a brochure which includes the artist's statement about the piece. Jerry White and Duane Schroeder of Cornhusker Tile and Marble Company were the stone masons who built the piece; Ted Kirk took the photographs and Jim Bratt was the photo-lithographer who did the transparencies; and the sandblasting of the images was done by the Solid Rock Company and Wood & Stone.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.
    Tacha, Athena, 1991, 1997.
    Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 109.
    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 74240017
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