Night Wings - Austin, Texas
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DougK
N 30° 15.549 W 097° 44.782
14R E 620599 N 3348166
Night Wings is a sculpture represent a Mexican free-tailed bat, one of those that live nearby under the Congress Avenue Bridge in the Summer months.
Waymark Code: WMMX9W
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/19/2014
Views: 5
Night Wings is a kinetic sculpture that turns on an axis. It represents an image of a bat, one of the
Mexican free-tailed bats that live under the nearby
Congress Avenue Bridge. and emerge in great masses during the summer months.
From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
A bird with wings spread perched atop a concrete base.
TITLE: Night Wings
ARTIST(S): sculptor: Dale Whistler
DATE: 1998
MEDIUM: Sculpture: aluminum, steel rods; Base: concrete
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 67810004
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Congress-Barton Springs traffic island, Austin, Texas
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The plaque on the sculpture has the title of "Nightwing", rather than"Night Wings"
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