Hare on Ball and Claw - Columbus, OH - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The statue is located outside to the left of the main entrance of the Columbus Museum of Art. The hare stands on its hind legs atop a claw and ball, which in turn is located on top of a pyramid-shaped base. The bronze sculpture is approximately 132 x 48 x 36 inches. It rests on a concrete base that is approximately 32 x 43 x 45 1/2 inches. The only inscription on the sculpture is a founder's mark on the lower left corner on the back side.

"Barry Flanagan’s sculpture ingeniously mixes fantasy, satire, and realism. It is his response to the Minimalist sculpture of his contemporaries with its severe geometric abstraction. Flanagan has said he can express more about human nature by using a hare than a human figure, because a hare has such expressive potential—in the ears, for example. Here, a monumental hare stands on a ball-and-claw, his pose triumphant but not threatening. The ball-and-claw is a design motif from eighteenth- century British and American furniture. It is a symbol of craftsmanship and tradition but also of the hare as the perennial prey of animals with claws—a reminder of the sometimes violent cycle of life and death."

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TITLE: Hare on Ball and Claw ARTIST(S): Barry Flanagan DATE: 1989-1990. Installed 1997. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74900038 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Columbus Museum of Art 480 East Broad Street Sculpture garden Columbus, Ohio 43215 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted.

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