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Dancing Goat, (sculpture). Artist:  Laessle, Albert, 1877-1954, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Dancing Goat, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Rearing Ram, (sculpture). Dates:  1928. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 48 in. x W. 33 in.; Base: approx. 17 x 32.5 x 9.5 in. Inscription:  (Located back of base, center:) ALBERT LAESSLE 1928 ROMAN WORKS N.Y. signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A rearing or dancing goat stands on one proper right rear hoof. The other hoof is entangled in leaves. Also in the leaves are a turtle and ladybug. The goat's head is tucked close to its arched neck. The proper left horn is broken off. The sculpture sits atop a small concrete base and is within a square area which has five storybook images each in a circle and made of 4 in. x 4 in. mosaic ceramic tiles. The five characters are: Pieman; Mary and her sheep; Humpty Dumpty; Miss Muffett; and Tom, the Piper's son. Subject:  Animal -- Goat Animal -- Reptile -- Turtle Recreation -- Dancing Animal -- Insect -- Beetle Literature -- Character -- Humpty Dumpty Literature -- Character -- Pieman Literature -- Character -- Miss Muffett Literature -- Character -- Tom, the Piper's son Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Camden Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Rutgers University, 30 & Penn Streets, Camden, New Jersey 08102 Located Rutgers University, Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center, 20 & Cooper Streets, Camden, New Jersey Remarks:  Commissioned by Elbridge Johnson for Johnson Park (now Whitman Center). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. Camden Cultural & Heritage Commission, 1989. American Art Review (Jan.-Feb. 1976): pg. 81. Illustration:  Image on file. American Art Review (Jan.-Feb. 1976): pg. 81. 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 65190002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 65190002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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