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Volunteers, (sculpture). Artist:  Weitzman, Steven, 1952- , sculptor. Title:  Volunteers, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1988. Dedicated Oct. 18, 1990. Medium:  Sculpture: white oak or willow oak; Base: metal on concrete with tube-steel border. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 25 ft. W. 10 ft. Diam 144 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Base of a tree carved with over fifty figures, animals and flora including: two-toed sloth, orangutan, seal, panda, iguana, python, Barbaray ape, woodpecker, two golden lion tamarinds, bald eagle, rock fish, water dragon, great horned owl, giraffe, blue heron, squirrel, nuthatch, two volunteers, lynx, toucan, tree shrew, cockateel, tree frog, scarlet ibis, baby Chesapeake crab, gibbon, Komodo dragon, snapping turtle, tree snake, bat, oak leaves, mulberry leaves, maple leaves, and bamboo. Subject:  Figure group Occupation -- Other -- Volunteer Animal -- Ape Animal -- Seal Animal -- Bear Animal -- Reptile -- Iguana Animal -- Bird -- Woodpecker Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Animal -- Fish -- Rock Fish Animal -- Giraffe Animal -- Squirrel Animal -- Bird -- Nuthatch Animal -- Bird -- Toucan Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Animal -- Bird -- Heron Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Wildcat Animal -- Bird -- Cockateel Animal -- Amphibian -- Frog Animal -- Fish -- Crab Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Object -- Foliage -- Oak Object -- Foliage -- Mulberry Object -- Foliage -- Maple Object -- Foliage -- Bamboo Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington Sculpture Owner:  Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, 3001 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Grassy Knoll Opposite Reptile House, Washington, District of Columbia 20008 Remarks:  Inscription on nearby plaque reads: VOLUNTEERS/STEVEN WEITZMAN/WILLOW OAK/1990 THIS SCULPTURE HONORS THE MANY VOLUNTEERS SERVING THE NATIONAL ZOO AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION. THE FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL ZOO (FONZ) AND THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSIONED SCULPTOR STEVEN WEITZMAN TO CARVE THIS FALLEN WILLOW OAK AT THE ZOO. HIS WORK-IN-PROGRESS BECAME A POPULAR ATTRACTION FROM 1988 TO ITS COMPLETION IN 1990. The sculptor removed six tons of wood and spent more than 2,000 hours to create the piece. He started with a chain saw to rough out the general shape and then used chisels and gouges from his collection of 100 which range in size from 80 mm to 2 mm. He smoothed the surface with sandpaper and sealed it with Cuprinol and several coats of polyurethane. Sculpture cost $20,000 and was commissioned by the Friends of the National Zoo (FONZ). Sculpture was carved in the Zoo from a dead, 100-year-old white oak. The sculptor worked on the tree in the Zoo, near the Reptile House. The piece was later moved to its present site across from the Education Building. Sculpture was originally signed by the artist, but the signature was removed during some repair work by the artist. IAS files contain a 1988 cataloging sheet from the National Zoological Park which notes that the sculpture is carved from white oak and is untitled. IAS files contain a letter from the artist to the zoo director, Michael Robinson and an article from Woodshop News (October 1990): pg. T22-T23, which discusses how the artist came to carve some of the figures and includes photographs of the sculpture in progress. References:  Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, 1990. Save Outdoor Sculpture, District of Columbia 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 08700014   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 08700014 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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