Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: ca. 1974

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Black and white photograph of two tall, cylindrical wooden pilings with a stylized wooden bird perched on the taller post, situated outdoors beside a barn at the Langlais Art Preserve in Cushing, Maine. “Two Shore Birds on Pilings (#49)” by sculptor Bernard “Blackie” Langlais, created circa 1974 from painted wood set on a concrete foundation, and installed on the grounds of the Langlais Art Preserve, the former property of Bernard and Helen Friend Langlais in Cushing, Maine. The composition features two vertical, barrel-like timber pilings bound by rings, with the taller piling supporting a simplified, blocky bird form that evokes coastal shorebirds and reflects Langlais’s late-career focus on animal subjects made in wood for outdoor display. The piece stands within a wooded clearing near farm buildings on the preserved homestead, part of a 10-acre outdoor art environment integrated into a larger 90-acre nature preserve that visitors can explore along accessible paths. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (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

p16959

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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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