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Bison (sculpture)

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Artist
  
Unknown

Type
  
Sculpture

Created
  
1960

Owner
  
University of Oregon

Year
  
c. 1960 (1960)

Medium
  
Stone

Subject
  
American bison

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Dimensions
  
57 cm × 41 cm × 71 cm (22.5 in × 16 in × 28 in)

Condition
  
"Treatment urgent" (1994)

Bison is an outdoor c. 1960 stone sculpture of an American bison by an unknown artist, installed at the west entrance to the courtyard of Lawrence Hall on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States.

Contents

Welding bison sculpture


Description and history

Bison measures approximately 22.5 inches (0.57 m) x 16 inches (0.41 m) x 28 inches (0.71 m) and rests on a brick base that measures approximately 15 inches (0.38 m) x 20.5 metres (67 ft) x 42 inches (1.1 m). The work was surveyed and deemed "treatment urgent" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994. It is administered by the University of Oregon.

References

Bison (sculpture) Wikipedia