Hawk

Title: Hawk
LC Subject: Sculpture Stone carving Sandstone Hawks Birds in art sculpture (visual work) public sculpture sandstone
Creator: Field, Devin Laurence
Description: This stone sculpture presents a very smoothly rendered hawk perched atop a roughly textured rock. The hawk holds beads on a string and a feather in its claws. Devin Laurence Field; Hawk; Oregon sandstone The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is Lane Arts. You may view their website at http://www.lanearts.org/
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Location: University of Oregon Library >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Street Address: 1501 Kincaid Street, Eugene Oregon
Date: 1975/2012
Identifier: 1993_uo_knight-lib2_17_a01
Accession Number: 1993_uo_knight-lib2_17_a01
Rights: In Copyright
Dc Rights Holder: Field, Devin Laurence
Type: Image
Format: image/tiff
Material: Sculpture carved sandstone on rosewood base; pastewax finish on smooth areas of carving
Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Primary Set: Oregon Percent for Art
Relation: University of Oregon Knight Library, Phases I and II 1993_uo_knight-lib2
Has Version: slide; color
Institution: Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
Note: The Knight Library is the largest library facility in Oregon, holding collections with a replacement value of over $100 million. Approximately 1.85 million of the University Library's 2.4 million volumes are housed in Knight, along with microforms, government documents, sound recordings, films, and videotapes. Special Collections contains over 40,000 rare books and 13,000 linear feet of manuscript holdings; much of this primary source material is unique and irreplaceable at any price. The building is named in honor of the family of Philip Knight, President and CEO of Nike, Inc. first floor near reference
Color Space: RGB
Biographical Information: This sculpture was inspired by a narrative from Native American lore about a hawk that guards a sacred burial ground, clutching a bead and a feather necklace. (Field, 1995).