Child Dancing on Snail - Fort Worth, Texas
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N 32° 45.566 W 097° 21.707
14S E 653458 N 3625805
Located at the entrance to Greewood Memorial Cemetery main building.
Waymark Code: WM7GNC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/24/2009
Views: 3
A nude child appears to be dancing or playing atop the back of a large snail. The child has its proper right leg in the air, bent at the knee, its hands are extended outward. The sculpture is mounted on an irregularly-shaped stone.
TITLE: Child Dancing on Snail
ARTIST(S): Unknown (Italian), sculptor.
DATE: Installed 1981.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: rock.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000764
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION: Greenwood Memorial Park
3100 White Settlement Road
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None
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