Bookhead - Davis, CA
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saopaulo1
N 38° 32.385 W 121° 44.993
10S E 608949 N 4266444
Burying your nose in a book!
Waymark Code: WMB563
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2011
Views: 12
The sculpture is in front of Shields library. It was the first Eghead sculpture installed on campus in 1992. The piece is an egghead with its nose buried in an open book. The piece is by former Professor Robert Arneson.
TITLE: Bookhead
ARTIST(S): Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992, sculptor.
DATE: July 1991. Installed Oct. 20, 1991. Dedicated Oct. 1991.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: acrylic on bronze; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000157
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located University of California, Davis, Terrace at front entrance to Shields Library, Davis, California 95616
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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