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    Daedalus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fitz-Gerald, Clark Battle, 1917-2004, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Daedalus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1970. Copyrighted 1970.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel, painted black; Base: Cor-Ten steel.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 x 1 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 3 x 1 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On top right of base:) fg (On top of base at sundial:) GROW OLD/ALONG WITH/ME THE BEST IS YET TO BE signed
    Description: 
    Winged, nude figure of Daedalus stands atop a sundial. His proper left wing is expanded and his proper wing is at his side.
    Subject: 
    Mythology -- Classical -- Daedalus
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Mount Desert
    Sundial
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Maine, Department of Education, Consolidated School District #7, HC 62, Box 5, Mount Desert, Maine 04660
    Located Mount Desert Island High School, North of Route 233, Mount Desert, Maine
    Remarks: 
    Sullivan Bruce Munger, an instructor at the school, re-welded and painted the sculpture with his students.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine 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 ME000319
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