Untitled - Santa Cruz, CA
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member DougK
N 36° 59.896 W 122° 03.679
10S E 583522 N 4095092
This untitled sculpture is located near the Thimann Labs building at Porter College on the UCSC campus in Santa Cruz, California. It depicts three seals on an ice flow or rock.
Waymark Code: WM7JX5
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/02/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 3

This untitled sculpture is located near the Thimann Labs building at Porter College on the UC, Santa Cruz campus in Santa Cruz, California. It depicts a large seal and two young p[up seals on an ice flow or white rock. The animals range in size from 3-feet high for the large seal to 1-foot high for the smaller seals. There is a concrete base about 12-feet square with an irregular concrete structure on top, painted white, that the seals are perched on.

A small plaque on the front of the base reads:


IN MEMORIAM RICHARD SPENCER PETERSON 1937--1968


A small plaque on the back of the base reads:


B.M.W. Foundry SAN JOSE, CALIF. 1971 G. VICTOR MOREJOHN, SC.


TITLE: Untitled

ARTIST(S): Victor G. Morejohn, sculptor: BMW Foundry, founder

DATE: 1971

MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000777

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
University of California, Santa Cruz, Thimann Labs building, Santa Cruz, California


DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None


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