Hare on Ball and Claw - Columbus, OH - Figurative Public Sculpture 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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A plaque near the sculpture reads:

Barry Flanagan
English, 1941-2009
Hare on Ball and Claw
1989-90
Bronze
Gift of Arne and Milly Glimcher; and Museum Purchase with funds made available through exchange from a Derby Fund purchase and gifts from Ferdinand Howald, The Hildreth Foundation, Browne Pavey, Francis C. Sessions.
1997.013

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hare on Ball and Claw Figure Type: Animal Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Barry Flanagan Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1989-1990. Installed 1997. Materials used: Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Location: Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad Street, Sculpture garden, Columbus, Ohio 43215

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