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citizens' group, Art Action, saw this development as an opportunity to retrieve the Boy with Goose bronze, which had languished in county storage for many years. Art Action coordinated the cooperation between the private sector, the city, and the county to find the work and subsequently have the bronze restored, re-patinated, and sited in its present location.
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1629:Bench-Stone
1608:Round About
1518:(di Suvero)
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1424:Salem No. 7
1389:Mo, Ni, Que
1257:Magic Grove
1215:Henry Bergh
371:Bronze Fonz
315:Wind Leaves
301:The Calling
174:Lorado Taft
137:Description
102: /
76:Coordinates
1745:Categories
1643:Knife Tree
1580:The Source
1565:The Lovers
1515:The Lovers
1480:Ursa Major
1195:Watertower
1181:The Reaper
1127:Ribbons VI
1059:Space Game
952:South Side
611:North Side
537:Peter John
188:References
58:Dimensions
1713:Pin Oak I
1685:Epicenter
1615:Lodgepole
1594:Unfolding
1544:Ritual II
1501:Double Up
1375:Sky Fence
1229:Chrysalis
1206:West Side
1174:The Sower
961:Menomonee
878:Near Here
829:Milwaukee
815:Sentinels
766:Polyphony
743:East Side
523:City Yard
516:Ex Stasis
1671:Untitled
1636:Windfall
1530:Axeltree
1438:Ancestor
1410:Way Four
1278:Teamwork
1147:Untitled
641:On Watch
474:Laureate
278:Downtown
66:Location
1587:Rainbow
1558:Olympus
1508:Upstart
1473:Embrace
1153:Quartet
1106:SOARING
934:Connect
885:Compass
850:Compass
836:Eclipse
704:Gear 23
676:Fishing
648:Pattern
509:Ruins X
399:Referee
125:artist
123:Italian
1706:Flight
1568:(Daen)
1537:Orbits
1523:Poland
1134:Bridge
822:Hermes
488:Trigon
294:Family
164:Artist
42:Artist
1791:Geese
1354:Sinai
759:Float
669:Music
481:Diana
1678:Arch
1664:Kumo
1551:Hara
1396:Trio
364:Argo
53:1927
50:Year
906:Tip
634:Elk
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