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    		• Campoli, Cosmo P.,
     
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    		• Dornbusch, Charles,
     
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    		• Fonderia Artistice Battacua,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Quality
     
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    		• Fantasy -- Animal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bird of Peace, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Campoli, Cosmo P., 1922- , sculptor.
    Dornbusch, Charles, sculptor.
    Fonderia Artistice Battacua, founder.
    Title: 
    Bird of Peace, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1962. Cast 1963. Installed 1970.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: rough stone on top of concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 56 x 39 x 32 in.; Base: approx. H. 33 in. Diam. 30 in.
    Inscription: 
    Campoli '63/Chicago USA/Fonderia Artistice Battacua Milano signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A shiny bronze bird whose body is the shape of an egg with a beak and claws holding two more eggs. Sculpture is mounted on a rough stone circular nest-like base atop a rough stone square pedestal. The rough stone base is mounted on a square concrete base.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Quality -- Harmony
    Fantasy -- Animal -- Bird
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605
    Located 54th Street and Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: 
    The rough stone base that the sculpture sits on was designed by architect Charles Dornbusch.
    References: 
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 277.
    Riedy, James, "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 266.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, pg. 277.
    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 87580110
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