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Davila, Victoria,
Argos, Inc.,
Animal -- Dog
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Gamekeeper's Night Dog, (sculpture).
Artist:
Davila, Victoria, 1950- , sculptor.
Argos, Inc., founder.
Title:
Gamekeeper's Night Dog, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989. Cast Oct. 1989. Copyrighted 1989. Dedicated Nov. 8, 1989.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete with limestone top.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 42 in. Diam. 4 ft.; Base: approx. H. ranges from 3 1/2 to 6 in., Diam. 5 ft.
Inscription:
(Scratched in rear of bronze plinth, in script:) Victoria Davila (On plaque on base:) Gamekeeper's Night Dog/Victoria Davila Sculptor/Dedicated by the/Fairmount Park Commission 1989 signed
Description:
An over life-sized Bullmastiff dog, sitting on a sculpted plinth atop a low cylindrical limestone topped concrete base. The dog is sitting on his proper left hip with his proper right leg out to the side and his head and fore legs facing forward. The dog is a coppery-gold color with a black mask.
Subject:
Animal -- Dog -- Bullmastiff
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located Reliance Triangle, Pennsylvania Avenue, Fairmount Avenue, & 25th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Gift of Edward H. Schwartz. IAS files contain a copy of an article in Girard Home News, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nov. 2, 1989.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Girard Home News (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Nov. 2, 1989.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Philadelphia Daily News, May 25, 1990.
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 PA000047
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA000047
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