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Sculptor:
Swets, Bill  Search this
Medium:
Bird: welded scrap automobile and machine parts, with rusty patina; Foundation: concrete slab
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
City of Fort Collins 417 Magnolia Street, Lincoln Center Fort Collins Colorado 80521
Date:
Dedicated July 1993
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Proper left leg:) XS (Top face of proper right wing:) (mark) 132000C1/Earth metal (Top face of proper left wing:) SC (mark) 464603R1 (Metal plaque on base:) Bill Swets/"Big Bird Junior"/donated by/Bill Swets/1993 signed
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.
Summary:
Abstract bird with short wings, standing.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Animal--Bird  Search this
Control number:
IAS CO000307
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_325188