Sculpture: sheet aluminum, painted black & white, redwood, & plastic covered ears and tail; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Philadelphia Percent for Art 1234 Market Street, 8th floor Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19107
Located Eastwick 84th & Crane Streets, southeast corner Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Date:
1983
Notes:
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.
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Dec. 4, 1983, Sect. H, pg. 1, 18.
Image on file.
(On underside, proper left front side of sculpture:) "Rosalie Sherman 1983 Sheep D" signed
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Summary:
One of eight sculptures in a group consisting of five sheep and three cows. Sheep D is a stylized, planar sculpture of a sheep with redwood seat planks projecting from each side of the sheep's torso. The sheep is white with a black face, ears, tail, and feet. Its head is turned to its proper right. The surfaces have been painted in a hard-edged style. The group is located in a large grassy, football field size area.
Topic:
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Agriculture Search this
