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Sculptor:
Chase, Susan  Search this
Medium:
Mural: acrylic painted Adobe cement; Wall: cement
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures-Mural
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
George Stevens Academy Art Department Route 15 Outer cellar level wall Blue Hill Maine 04614
Date:
May 1994
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
Summary:
A large multicolored mural covering the outer cellar level wall of a school building. The mural contains a fantastic underwater landscape with a large dragon whose body begins on the right side of the wall where most of the mural is contained and continues around the corner on a side wall. The dragon has wings and antlers. On the larger wall the dragon's tail is tightly coiled around a man dressed in medieval armour. Covering the larger wall are various kinds of aquatic life including a shark, an octopus, and a frog. A mermaid sits at the left side of the larger wall and a mailbox and a toxic container float near the bottom of the ocean floor beneath her. Various plant life and shells are evident on the ocean floor.
Topic:
Waterscape  Search this
Fantasy--Dragon  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Dress--Historic--Armor  Search this
Literature--Character--Mermaid  Search this
Animal--Fish--Shark  Search this
Animal--Fish--Octopus  Search this
Animal--Other--Starfish  Search this
Animal--Amphibian--Frog  Search this
Object--Other--Shell  Search this
Object--Other--Mailbox  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Detail  Search this
Control number:
IAS ME000100
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_323082