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Bird Building Tower, (sculpture). Artist:  Schreckengost, Viktor, 1906-2008, sculptor. Hays, J. Byers, architect. Fillous and Ruppel, fabricator. Mathiason Brothers, fabricator. Conrad, Hays, Simpson and Ruth, architectural firm. Title:  Bird Building Tower, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Birds of the World, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 19, 1950. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Terra-cotta, glazed. Dimensions:  17 reliefs. Each large relief: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 7 1/2 ft.; Each small relief: approx. H. 19 in. x W. 19 in. Description:  Five large relief panels depicting prehistoric or endangered birds are placed in a vertical row on a brick tower. The birds depicted, from bottom to top, are: archeoteryx, hesperornis, diatryma, dodo, and American eagle. Twelve small relief panels featuring extinct birds of more modern times were originally located on interior walls, but are now installed on exterior walls of the Bird Building. The birds depicted in the small reliefs include: great auk, Labrador duck, Eskimo curlew, Carolina parakeet, heath hen and passenger pigeon. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Archeoteryx Animal -- Bird -- Hesperornis Animal -- Bird -- Diatryma Animal -- Bird -- Dodo Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Bird -- Chicken Animal -- Bird -- Pigeon Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Bird -- Parrot Animal -- Bird -- Auk Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cleveland Sculpture Owner:  Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Administration/Maintenance, 4101 Fulton Parkway, Birds of the World Building, Cleveland, Ohio 44144 Remarks:  The twelve small reliefs were moved from the inside of the Bird Building to the outside in 1983-1984. IAS files contain an article from the Cleveland Zoological Society's Zoo News (Summer 1992): pg. 14-15. The Bird Building was designed by architect J. Byers Hays of Conrad, Hays, Simpson and Ruth. The clay models for the reliefs were fabricated at the studios of Fillous and Ruppel in Cleveland and then sent to Mathiason Brothers in New Jersey for the firing. Schreckengost obtained his clay from the Federal Seaboard Terra Cotta Company of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, suppliers of clay for the tiles in New York's Holland Tunnel, because the artist discovered that the tiles in the Holland Tunnel had demonstrated the clay's ability to withstand the rigors of exhaust, weather, vibrations, and time. References:  Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 68. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980, pg. 68. 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 87830051   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87830051 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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