Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1983

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Description

Black and white photograph of a public sculpture depicting a fisherman with a small dipnet installed overlooking a mill stream, near an unidentified grist mill. The sculpture, entitled, "Alewife Dipper," 1983, by Robert Butterfield, is located beside a stream in Mount Vernon, Maine. The image shows a metal sculpture of a fisherman standing on a concrete block next to a stream with rocks and plants. The fisherman, with a pipe in his mouth, is holding a small dipnet and wears a hat, jacket, and boots. The sculpture appears to be made with sections of stove pipe and sheet metal. In the background is the side of an old grist mill with wood shingles and a granite stone foundation. A portion of the water wheel is just visible on the left margin of the photograph. 1994. Jill Linzee, photograph. (See p16145-p16147)(See NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Folk art, Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p16145

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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