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Coyote Bench, (sculpture). Artist:  Watling, Ben, sculptor. Title:  Coyote Bench, (sculpture). Medium:  Mono-color concrete. Dimensions:  5 benches. Each: approx. 19 x 12 x 60 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Five benches in the shape of coyotes, installed throughout the park. Their heads are raised in a howl, and their tails are extended and the legs positioned to suggest motion. Subject:  Animal -- Coyote Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palm Desert Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Palm Desert, Community Arts/Art in Public Places, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California 92260 Located Civic Center Park, Palm Desert, California Remarks:  The benches were designed by the youngest artist ever commissioned by the Palm Desert Public Art program. Ben Watling was six when he molded a coyote out of clay; and as a third grader had the artwork cast in bronze and presented as a model for the benches to the City's art committee. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. 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 CA001931   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001931 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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