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Eastwick Farmpark II - Dog #2, (sculpture). Artist:  Sherman, Rosalie, 1946- , sculptor. Title:  Eastwick Farmpark II - Dog #2, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Eastwick Farmpark (Second Phase) - Dog #2, (sculpture). Dates:  1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: sheet aluminum, painted black & white, with plastic covered ears and tail; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 30 x 14 x 47 in.; Base: (level with the ground) approx. 36 x 24 x 42 in. Description:  One of four sculptures in a group consisting of a man and three dogs. Dog #2 is a stylized, planar sculpture of a black and white border collie standing and facing east. Its mouth is open exposing two white teeth and a red tongue. Subject:  Animal -- Dog Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Agriculture Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, Percent for Art, 1234 Market Street, 8th floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 Located Eastwick, 84th & Crane Streets, southeast corner, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  A plaque, now missing, was located on a rock at the corner of 84th and Crane Streets and featured an inscription which stated the name of the artist, the initiator (the Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia), and a reference about the various developers of the Eastwick area who funded the project. Created as part of the Percent for Art program. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 167, 250. "Commissions," American Craft (Aug./Sept. 1986): pg. 64-65. 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 PA000066   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000066 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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