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  • Cousino, Joe Ann,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Perrysburg
     
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    Soaring, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cousino, Joe Ann, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Soaring, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 25, 1986.
    Medium: 
    Bronze and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 10 1/2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base:) J. Cousino '86 signed
    Description: 
    An arrangement of seven abstract bird-like or wing-like forms supported by thin metal rods impaled in a rectangular stone base. Sculpture is set against a black glass wall which optically masks the black support rods, causing the birds to appear airborne. Birds are colored turquoise; base is shaded turquoise to black.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Bird
    Homage -- Hume, Elizabeth
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Perrysburg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Way Public Library, Louisiana and East Indiana Avenues, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551
    Remarks: 
    Sculpture dedicated to Elizabeth Hume (1912-1984), landscape architect of Perrysburg, Ohio. In 1959 Hume landscaped the Way Public Library; her 1983 renovation created the site for the sculpture which now commemorates her. Funds for the work were donated by friends of Ms. Hume. IAS files contain transcription from associated plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Toledo 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 OH000080
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