Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1974

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Black and white photograph of a large carved wooden horse sculpture covered with flower designs, standing on a grassy area near small buildings and other outdoor sculptures at the Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing, Maine. The artwork shown is “Flowered Horse (#34)” by sculptor Bernard “Blackie” Langlais, created in 1974 from carved and tooled wood with paint, set on a concrete foundation at the Langlais Art Preserve, the former property of Bernard and Helen Friend Langlais in Cushing, Maine. The horse is constructed from thick upright wooden slabs joined to form a blocky, monumental animal with a rectangular body, sturdy legs, and a large head, all carved with simple contours and shallow relief lines to suggest facial features, mane, and tail. The horse and its supporting elements are incised with repeated floral motifs—tall stems, leaves, and open blossoms—giving the surface a dense pattern of stylized plants that echo the surrounding field and shrubs. The sculpture stands in an open grassy clearing speckled with small wildflowers, with low shingled structures to the left and additional Langlais wooden figures visible in the distance. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. [Sculpture has since been relocated to the Roberts Farm Preserve of the Western Foothills Land Trust, Norway, Maine.] (See p16252-p16254, p16959-p16975) (See also NA4654.)(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

p16960

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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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