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Color photograph of a seated stone figure, possibly the Japanese figure Daikoku, holding a mallet and sack while resting on a rectangular pedestal in a sunlit outdoor setting. The photograph centers on a carved figure with a rounded face and hood-like headdress, seated upright atop a plain rectangular base. The figure’s proper right arm bends upward so that the hand grips a rounded mallet held near the shoulder, while the proper left hand holds a sack draped over the proper left shoulder. The torso is broad and simply modeled, and the figure sits on two stacked, drum-like forms carved with horizontal bands and circular medallions, suggesting bales or cushions. Subtle lines mark the eyes, nose, and smiling mouth, giving the figure a calm, content expression despite the weathered stone surface. The pedestal stands on patchy grass and soil, and the background shows a bright lawn framed by dark trees and shrubs, indicating an outdoor installation at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. The artist and the work’s precise place of origin and date are unidentified. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (See p16976-p17020)(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

Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17000

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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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