Wichita Art Museum 619 Stackman Drive Lawn Wichita Kansas 67203
Date:
1989. Installed July 1991
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas, Wichita survey, 1993.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 45.
Image on file.
"Ancient Echoes/Silent Messengers: An Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Steve Kestrel," Wichita, KS: Wichita Art Museum, 1991, pg. 9.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying Wichita Through Sculpture," Wichita, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 45.
(On proper right side:) STEVE KESTREL 1989 2/6 signed
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Summary:
A bison kneeling on its front legs, with its head lowered and back arched. Its front hooves are curled back under its body and its hind legs are extended forward under its body almost touch the back of its front hooves. The bison rests a top the inclined surface of a rectangular base.
