Bison - Buffalo, New York - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Bronze figure of a bison on a granite tiered base. It is a replica of a bronze in Kanazaw, Japan. On the granite base is a plaque with the following inscription:

"BISON"
BY CECILIA EVANS TAYLOR
ERECTED 1975 AS A BICENTENNIAL PROJECT

DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF BUFFALO, New York
AND TO THE CITIZENS OF HER SISTER CITY, KANAZAWA,
JAPAN, WHERE THE ORIGINAL BISON STATUE IS LOCATED
PLACEMENT OF THIS STATUE HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE FORSYTHE FUND AND THE CITY OF BUFFALO
PARKS DEPARTMENT.
STANLEY M. MAKOWSKI, MAYOR
ROBERT C. PENN, COMMISSIONER OF PARKS

TITLE: Bison ARTIST(S): Cecilia Evans Taylor DATE: Dedicated 1975. MEDIUM: Bronze on granite base. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY000028 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Main and North Division Streets Buffalo, New York DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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