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New Melleray Abbey

Date: 1987
Description: New Melleray Abbey statue in monastery gardens.
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New Year Sundial

Date: 01 2014
Description: A sundial covered in snow.
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Early Morning Rooster Beside the House

Date: 04 23 2015
Description: A red statue of a rooster sitting in the dirt in front of the foundation of a house.
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Buddha in the Rock Garden

Date: 11 23 2014
Description: A weather-worn statue of the Ho Tai (Happy Buddha) sitting on a wet rock surrounded by leaves and dead plant material.
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Swords into Plowshares, United Nations

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of "Let Us Beat Swords into Plowshares," a sculpture by Yevgeniy Vuchetich donated to the United Nations by the Soviet Union. The sculpture shows...
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Civil War Monument in the Cambridge Village Square

Date: 11 01 2014
Description: Stone monument topped with a statue of a civil war soldier holding his rifle. The monument reads: "Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War 1...
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Searching for the Red Dragon on Lake Monona

Date: 01 25 2015
Description: View from rocky shoreline towards two people, an adult and a child, walking across the ice and snow covered lake. In the middle of the lake is a dinosaur o...
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Car Wash Octopus

Date: 10 2013
Description: A rotating sculpture of a smiling octopus on a sign for "Octopus Car Wash." The octopus is holding a bucket, washcloths, and a squeegee in its arms.
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Traveling from Ashton

Date: 11 2013
Description: Statue of Saint Peter the fisherman in a churchyard. Saint Peter is looking up toward the sky, and holding a net of fish in both hands.
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Baptisia Plant on Birthday

Date: 05 07 2015
Description: Close-up view of a portion of a garden. Baptisia flowers are blooming, contained by chicken wire and surrounded by smooth rocks. Cedar chips are on the gro...
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Hail Mary in the Window at Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View through window looking into a cafe at a paper mache statue of Mary stepping on the head of a snake on top of a globe of the Earth.
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Rain Gauge on the Balcony at Home

Date: 11 23 2014
Description: Close-up view of a rain gauge. A little under an inch of water is in the gauge. The gauge is on a decorative metal support that includes a painted sculptur...
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Waiting in Line

Date: 09 2013
Description: The bronze and plaster sculpture by George Segal depiciting five men waiting in a bread line at a door. The sculpture is on the rooftop garden of the Madis...
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Saint Martin's Cemetery

Date: 06 2014
Description: Three statues among plants and small trees in a cemetery representing the Crucifixion of Jesus. Two statues of women, probably Mary and Mary Magdalene, are...
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Changing of the Seasons at the Front Door

Date: 04 14 2015
Description: Two miniature statues are sitting in a rock garden set against a wall. One of the statues is of white stone with the face of a man with a mustache blowing ...
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The Green Man

Date: 08 2013
Description: Sculpture carved on bark of an oak tree of a bearded man by local artist Peter Dove, who titled it "Hombre Verde." The tree and carving sit in the Natural ...
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Hieroglyph

Date: 09 2013
Description: A sculpture of cast and welded metal is of a human figure with a raven, nestled in one of the crevices. This sculpture, created by O.V. Shaffer and called ...
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Memorial Fountain at Vilas Park

Date: 09 18 2014
Description: View of the Annie Stewart Memorial Fountain. The base of the circular fountain is decorated with a repeated motif of shells and flowers. A sculpture is at ...
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Capitol Square

Date: 08 2013
Description: View of the statue of Hans Christian Heg, with the Wisconsin State Capital in the background. Taken shortly before noon, the sculpture is silhouetted at th...
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Taliesin

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from below looking up at a plaster sculpture of a nude woman rising out of an abstract column. Frank Lloyd Wright designed the sculpture and placed it...

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