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Title
Walrus
Sculpture
Subject
Plants and Animals
Literary Ohio
Arts and Entertainment
Sculpture
Libraries
Walruses
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
William
McVey's
sculpture
of the
walrus
from
Lewis
Carroll's
Alice
in
Wonderland
.
It
was
created
in
1980
for the
Eastman
Branch
of the
Cleveland
Public
Library
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.40
cm)
.
William
McVey
(1905-1995)
graduated
from the
Cleveland
School
of
Art
(later
known
as the
Cleveland
Institute
of
Art)
in
1928
and
completed
additional
schooling
in
Paris
.
After
serving
in the
Army
Air
Force
during
World
War
II
, he
returned
to the
Cleveland
Institute
of
Art
as
head
of the
Sculpture
Department
from
1953-1967
. He
is
one
of
Cleveland's
most
visible
artist's
based
on his
numerous
local
commissions
for
public
sculptures
including
bronzes
of
George
Washington
at the
Anthony
J
.
Celebreeze
Federal
Building
,
Jesse
Owens
at
Huntington
Park
,
Archbishop
John
Carroll
at
John
Carroll
University
, and
Hart
Crane
and
Tom
L
.
Johnson
at
Case
Western
Reserve
University
.
Creator
McVey, William, 1905-1995
Date of Original
1980
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Cleveland Institute of Art
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2945_2774167_001.tif
Image Height
2765
Image Width
3594
File Size
3009.58 KB
Format
picture
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