Administered by Catellus Corporation Real Estate Department 201 Mission San Francisco California
Located East Bay Bridge Shopping Mall 40th & Hollis Streets, parking lot Emeryville California
Date:
1994
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(West end of sculpture:) M. B. (On lower front and lower back of sculpture, in affixed cutout steel letters:) FLYING AROUND signed
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Summary:
A cutout of a bird with a large round stomach and skinny little legs. The bird is wearing a small cap with the letter "M" on it. Its mouth is open and its tongue is sticking out. Inside the bird's stomach is a large circle containing a profile of a man, a profile of a dog standing on its hind legs, and two flowers. The man's arms are raised and inside his stomach there is a cutout of a head. The sculpture is mounted at the top of a pole which is set in a rectangular concrete base. The sculpture is lit at night.
