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Webster, Don,
Abstract
Animal -- Bird
Homage -- Driscoll, Margaret W.
Occupation -- Education
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Abiquiu
Sculpture
Bird, (sculpture).
Artist:
Webster, Don, sculptor.
Title:
Bird, (sculpture).
Dates:
1985. Dedicated May 4, 1985.
Medium:
Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 3 1/2 ft. x W. 11 in.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 4 ft.
Description:
An abstract bird in flight, attached to the top of a boulder by the tip of one of its wings.
Subject:
Abstract
Animal -- Bird
Homage -- Driscoll, Margaret W.
Occupation -- Education
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Abiquiu
Sculpture
Owner:
Ghost Ranch, HC 77 Box 11, Abiquiu, New Mexico 87510
Remarks:
Margaret (Peggy) W. Driscoll, born in Cloquet, Minnesota in 1902 was the first woman president of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland and Santa Fe. She was also a founder and vice-president of the National Ghost Ranch Foundation. She died in an automobile accident in 1981. Nearby plaque reads: MARGARET W. DRISCOLL/1902-1981/Her life was like unto a pebble dropped/in the sea that sends it wide circles/to a hundred shores.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1995.
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 NM000230
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NM000230
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