Big Open Skull - San Diego, CA
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N 32° 43.924 W 117° 09.003
11S E 485940 N 3621594
This sculpture is located near the entrance to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park.
Waymark Code: WMR72Y
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 4

This bronze sculpture depicts some type of dinosaur skull.
The Smithsonian Inventory (visit link) provides some information:

"Big Open Skull, (sculpture).
Artist:
Zajac, Jack, 1929- , sculptor.
Title:
Big Open Skull, (sculpture).
Dates:
1966-1973.
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
41 x 56 3/4 x 27 1/4 in.
Subject:
Figure -- Fragment -- Skull
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
San Diego Museum of Art.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 75001572"
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Big Open Skull

Figure Type: Animal

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Jack Zajac

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1966-1973

Materials used: Bronze

Location: near the entrance to the San Diego Museum of Art in Balboa Park.

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