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    Babe the Blue Ox, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Thompson, Ray W., sculptor.
    Thompson, William G., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Babe the Blue Ox, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1949-1950.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted concrete over wire mesh; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 35 ft. (30,000 lbs.)
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A standing figure of Babe the Blue Ox. Babe is blue, with brown hooves and nose, brown eyes, and white horns.
    Subject: 
    Literature -- Character -- Babe the Blue Ox
    Literature -- Character -- Paul Bunyan
    Animal -- Cattle
    Object Type: 
    Kinetic
    Billboard
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Klamath
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Trees of Mystery, 15500 Highway 101, Klamath, California 95548
    Remarks: 
    The ox was assembled from a kit. The head was formerly kinetic. The ox stands to the proper left of a sculpture of Paul Bunyon (CA000206). On nearby plaque: Babe, Paul Bunyan's Blue Ox/Trees of Mystery.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA000505
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