Painted Beton concrete, ceramic tiles, and New Hampshire granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Gate
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Chubb LifeAmerica One Granite Place Concord New Hampshire 03301
Date:
Sept. 1985. Copyrighted Sept. 1985
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.
Image on file.
International Sculpture, (January/February 1986): pg. 13.
(On ceramic panel:) Emile Birch (On lower right hand corner on both sides:) EB 1985 signed
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Summary:
A large reinforced concrete salmon-colored arched gateway with two concrete side panels and two granite columns. Inlaid hi-fired ceramic tiles, inset in the tops of the arches and on the side panels, depict animals native to New Hampshire.
Animals depicted include a red-tailed hawk with a snake in its talons, a loon, swan, great blue heron, woodcock, crow, blue jay, robin, purple finch, mallard duck, owl, pheasant, mourning dove, woodpecker, cardinal, king fisher, cormorant, herring gull, and a frog. The flanking side panels, also salmon-colored, have identical cobalt blue reliefs depicting other images of New Hampshire wildlife, including: a moose, skunk, turtle, salamander, woodchuck, bobcat, mole, owl, frog, bear, grey squirrel, deer, rabbit, wolf, weasel, raccoon, beaver, snake, porcupine, hummingbird, otter, opossum, mouse, muskrat, coyote, fox, trout, bass, and sunfish.
