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    Eastwick Farmpark II - Dog #3, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Sherman, Rosalie, 1946- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Eastwick Farmpark II - Dog #3, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Eastwick Farmpark (Second Phase) - Dog #3, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: sheet aluminum, painted black & white, with plastic covered ears; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 x 16 x 54 in.; Base: (level with the ground) approx. 36 x 25 x 59 in.
    Description: 
    One of four sculptures in a group consisting of a man and three dogs. Dog #3 is a sculpture of a reclining, stylized and planar, black and white border collie. The dog is lying in front and to the proper right of the male figure on a bench. The dog is lying straight, facing Crane Street with its tail pointed to its proper right. The paint is flat and shiny. Dog #3 shares the same base as Man on Bench (PA000068).
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Dog -- Collie
    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.
    Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 167.
    "Commissions," American Craft (Aug./Sept. 1986): pg. 65.
    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 PA000067
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