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In the early 1980s Vail wanted to commission a significant work of public art from a renowned artist to serve as a landmark for the community. Then mayor, Rod Slifer obtained a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and the town commenced a dialogue with artists Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. The artists conceived an installation for an oversized fishing pole approximately 50 to 60 feet high to be placed in the Gore Creek...
183. Mom and Kid
184. Exuberance
185. Man in the Maze
186. Ganado Blessing
187. Sun Kissed She
188. Red Hugs
189. Boggis
190. Bunce
191. Mr. Twit
192. Mr. Wormwood
193. Palisade Tapestry
195. Spiker & Sponge
196. Vermicious Knids
197. Mrs. Twit
198. Bean
199. The Need to Know
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Located at the Vail Public Library. Image is on the masthead of the library's website.
The artist said, "The sculpture "The Need to Know" is a sculpture born of this childhood reminiscence. It was a time when a boy and his dog could relax under a shade tree and still travel to all the remote corners of the world by means of fiction, fact and fantasy. This sculpture celebrates reading as a doorway to creativity and imagination." This sculpture was...