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    		• Starkey, Robin L.,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Loveland
     
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    Question of Balance, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Starkey, Robin L., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Question of Balance, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 3, 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Foundation: exposed aggregate.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 68 in. x W. 50 in.; Base: approx. H. 4 in. x W. 25 in.
    Inscription: 
    (artist's mark) R L Starkey (Metal marker:) QUESTION OF BALANCE/BY/ROBIN STARKEY/DONATED TO THE/CITY OF LOVELAND/BY/LOVELAND SCULPTURE GROUP/1993 signed
    Description: 
    An elephant with short tusks and its trunk lifted in an 'S' curve, stands balancing on a globe of the earth. His proper left front leg is in the air. The elephant has a greyish patina. The water areas on the globe have a blue patina and the land areas have a gold patina. The entire sculpture sits atop a hexagonal base atop a foundation.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Elephant
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Loveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Loveland, Visual Arts Commission, 503 North Lincoln Street, Loveland, Colorado 80537
    Located North Lake Park, Northeast corner, near 29th Street, between the children's train track and the lakeside sidewalk, Loveland, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    Cast no. 3 of 18. Purchased for $6,000 and donated by the Loveland Sculpture Group. IAS files contain clipping from Loveland Daily-Reporter Herald, Nov. 28-29, 1992; and copy of City's Art in Public Places Donation Form, dated Jan. 25, 1993.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado 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 CO000429
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