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Animal -- Bird
Homage -- Zimmerman, Mary Ashley
Literature -- Frost
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Huntington
Sculpture
Yellowbird, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Yellowbird, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Yellow Bird, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1971.
Medium:
Probably steel, painted and textured to simulate bronze or modeled clay.
Dimensions:
Approx. 6 ft. x 66 in. x 51 in.
Inscription:
(On plaque on base:) IN MEMORY/OF/MARY ASHLEY ZIMMERMAN/"YELLOW BIRD"/FEBRUARY 19, 1958-JUNE 8, 1970/NOTHING GOLD AND STAY/NATURE'S FIRST GREEN IS GOLD,/HER HARDEST HUE TO HOLD./HER EARLY LEAF'S A FLOWER:/BUT ONLY SO AN HOUR./THEN LEAF SUBSIDES TO LEAF./SO EDEN SANK TO GRIEF./SO DAWN GOES DOWN TO DAY./NOTHING GOLD CAN STAY./ROBERT FROST unsigned
Description:
Abstract representation of a flying gull stands on a wave-like form.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird -- Gull
Homage -- Zimmerman, Mary Ashley
Literature -- Frost -- Nothing Gold Can Stay
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Huntington
Sculpture
Owner:
School District 3, Southdown Elementary School, Brownes Road, Huntington, New York
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
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 NY000954
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NY000954
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