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| Maker(s): | Baskin, Leonard | | Culture: | American (1922 - 2000)
| | Title: | Wisdom Is Lasting; Instinct Fleeting
| | Date Made: | 1967
| | Type: | Sculpture
| | Materials: | bronze
| | Place Made: | United States
| | Measurements: | overall: 18 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 2 in.; 47.3075 x 40.9575 x 5.08 cm
| | Narrative Inscription: | signed, dated and numbered at lower left: L. Baskin 1/8, inscribed at lower left under rim: BEDL (?) - PASSY
| | Accession Number: | SC 1978.20.1
| | Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Frederick M. Warburg (Wilma Shannon, class of 1925) in memory of her husband, a Trustee of the College, 1954-1963
| | Museum Collection: | Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
bas relief of an owl; bird
Tags:
birds; allegory Subjects:
Bronze; Insects; Birds; Allegory Link to share this object record:
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