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Encounters, (sculpture). Artist:  Vail, Lorraine, sculptor. Earnie Sines, contractor. Title:  Encounters, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Courtyard Environment, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1989. Copyrighted 1989. 1990. Medium:  Sculpture: bonded bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  7 pieces. Dr. Digwell: approx. 4 x 3 x 2 ft.; Crocodile: approx. 5 x 3 x 3 ft.; Owl: approx. 3 x 2.5 x 2 ft.; Stork: approx. 5.5 x 1.5 x 1 ft.; Terrapin: approx. 3 x 3 x 5.5 ft.; Renaissance bird: approx. 3 x 1.5 x 3 ft.; Relief: approx. H. 4 x W. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 36 x 43 ft. Inscription:  L. VAIL (copyright symbol) 1989 (Outside Dr. Digwell's proper left shoe: artist's signature) (On crocodile's book page: artist's signature) (On back of owl's proper left foot: artist's signature) (On stork's proper right heel: artist's signature) signed Description:  A relief of Einstein and several imaginary figures are placed in various locations throughout a multilevel courtyard. On top of a wall in the middle of the courtyard, is the crow-like Renaissance bird, wearing a floppy hat, pantaloons and shoes with bells on their tips. On a lower level is an owl, wearing a hat with a key attached to it. Huddled against its back are two meercats, standing on their hind legs. On the reverse side of the wall is a relief in the shape of a computer screen, with Einstein's head floating on a graphical plot of a mandelbrot set, and hatchet fish swimming by. Rectangular seats in front of the relief appear to be keys on a computer keyboard. To the left of the Renaissance bird is a crocodile in a lab coat, standing in front of an obelisk and holding a book and a test tube. At the front of the lowest level of the terrace is a sunken pit. Inside the pit is Dr. Digwell, a balding archaeologist with glasses and a moustache, who has uncovered thirteen vaguely Mayan figurines. One of the figurines is trying to run away while another is biting Dr. Digwell's proper right hand. On a secondary platform is a terrapin wearing a beach hat, sunglasses and surfer-shorts basking in the sun outside his shell. A shoebill stork stands behind him, balancing on one leg and holding a basketball against the top of the terrapin's shell. The laces of the stork's high-top sneakers are untied. Subject:  Ethnic -- Indian -- Maya Portrait male -- Einstein, Albert -- Head Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Science -- Archaeologist Occupation -- Science -- Physicist Animal -- Bird -- Crow Animal -- Bird -- Owl Animal -- Fish Animal -- Meercat Animal -- Reptile -- Crocodile Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Animal -- Bird -- Stork Object -- Written Matter -- Book Object -- Toy -- Sports Equipment Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Gaithersburg Bench Relief Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Montgomery County Public Schools, Division of Construction, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850 Located Watkins Mill High School, 10301 Apple Ridge Road, Courtyard, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879 Remarks:  The sculpture cost $75,000 and funding was received through the Works of Art in Public Architecture Program. Earnie Sines, Inc. was the concrete contractor for the installation. The Montgomery County Board of Education objected to the artist's original proposal for the sculpture and requested modifications. In 1992, the artist repaired a hole in Dr. Digwell's head. She filled the sculpture with high density foam, resculpted the proper right side of the forehead in resin, and applied a patina. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Montgomery Journal, Dec. 15, 1988; May 2, 1989, pg. 3; the Washington Post, Dec. 16, 1988; Dec. 31, 1988, pg. A17; April 24, 1989, pg. D5; the Gaithersburg Gazette, Dec. 21, 1988; the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 14, 1989, pg. C10. IAS files also contain correspondence from Maynard Mack, received Dec. 21, 1988; from the president of Montgomery County's Board of Education, Jan. 6, 1989; and from the chairman of the Watkins Mill High School Steering Committee, March 6, 1989. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000439   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000439 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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