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    		• Mathiesen, Pat,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
     
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    Spirit of the Desert Bighorn, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mathiesen, Pat, 1934- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Spirit of the Desert Bighorn, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 14, 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: hollow synthetic mountain rock.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft., Diam. 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base:) SPIRIT OF THE DESERT BIGHORN/SCULPTURE BY PAT MATHIESEN/THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP IS PERHAPS ARIZONA'S MOST INTENSIVELY/MANAGED WILDLIFE SPECIES. DUE TO THE BIGHORN'S RELATIVELY LOW/REPRODUCTIVE RATE, RESTRICTIVE HABITAT REQUIREMENTS, PROPEN-/SITY FOR DISEASE AND DESIRABILITY AS A SPORTING TROPHY, BIGHORN/SHEEP NUMBERS WERE GREATLY REDUCED THROUGH THE 1900S. AS/A RESULT OF RECENT POPULATION AND HABITAT MANIPULATIONS,/DISEASE RESEARCH AND CONTROLLED HUNTING, THE BIGHORN HAS/ACHIEVED INCREASES IN BOTH RANGE AND NUMBER.
    THE EFFORTS OF THE ARIZONA DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP SOCIETY, WORKING IN COOPERATION WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT, HAVE BROUGHT THIS MAJESTIC NATIVE ANIMAL BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION./DEDICATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF/THE DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP OF ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST/APRIL 14, 1990/(simplified outlines of three running bighorn sheep)/SOUTHWEST SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION/FRIEDMAN TRUSTS SHIMIZU LAND CORPORATION/THE SYMINGTON COMPANY unsigned
    Description: 
    Three male desert bighorn sheep on a synthetic stone base which rests in a roughly circular fountain. One sheep is placed higher than the other two, which are butting heads in a rutting display.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Sheep
    Object Type: 
    Fountain
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Phoenix
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Camelback Esplanade, 2425 East Camelback Road, Main front plaza, courtyard, Phoenix, Arizona 85016
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Symington Company for the Esplanade development at Camelback and 24th Street. It was the first of several pieces of Arizona wildlife planned for the Symington Company development. The Save Outdoor Sculpture report notes that the piece was owned by a now-failed Savings and Loan.
    References: 
    Mathiesen, Pat, 1991.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Arizona Republic, April 26, 1990.
    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 74360002
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