ID: 700009298 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009298	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Paul Bunyan of Bangor, Maine (statue; designed by J. Normand Martin (American sculptor, born 1926)...; 1959; Bangor (Penobscot, Maine, United States, North and Central A...)

Note: Polychrome statue of the legendary giant woodsman, Paul Bunyan, located on the banks of the Penobscot River in Bangor, Maine. The statue depicts Bunyan in a classic lumberjack pose, with a huge, double-bit axe in his right hand and a peavey in his left. Commissioned as part of Bangor’s 125th-anniversary celebration in 1959, this likeness of “Tall Paul” was designed by Bangor artist J. Normand Martin.

Titles:

Paul Bunyan of Bangor, Maine (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Paul Bunyan Statue (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Paul Bunyan (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Tall Paul (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

statue [300047600] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 1959

Creator Display:

designed by J. Normand Martin (American sculptor, born 1926); built by Messmoore & Damon, Inc.(American manufacturing firm, established 1917, disolved 1998) [preferred]

manufacturer Messmoore & Damon, Inc. (American manufacturing firm, established 1917, disolved 1998) [500433780]

designer Martin, J. Normand (American sculptor, born 1926) [500433779]

Locations:

Current: Bangor [7013355] Penobscot county (county), Maine (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: steel frame construction, colored fiberglass, concrete, cobblestone facing

	facing (material) [300386688]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)

	steel frame construction [300015341]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	fiberglass (composite material) [300183781]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, glass (material), <glass by form>)

	color (perceived attribute) [300056130]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Color (hierarchy name), <color and color-related phenomena>)

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	cobble [300011677]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: statue: 31 feet; base: 6 feet, weight: 3,700 pounds

Cultures:

American (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	folk art (traditional art) [300056487] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in the visual arts>, art genres)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

history and legend

Specific Subjects:

	Paul Bunyan [901002023]
	.....((American characters, American iconography, North American Iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	lumberjacks [300025610]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in agriculture or natural resource occupations>, lumberers) (AAT)

	legendary character [300412069]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>, characters (people by activity)) (AAT)

	popular culture [300055794]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <culture and related concepts>, culture-related concepts, <cultural movements and attitudes>) (AAT)

	Americana [300417321]
	.....(Objects Facet, Object Genres (hierarchy name), object genres (object classifications), <object genres by cultural or intellectual evaluation>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Paul Bunyan of Bangor, Maine	........ [VP]
	........ Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) https://paulbunyanbangor.wordpress.com/about/; accessed 24 October 2017
Paul Bunyan Statue	........ [VP]
	........ Bills, Paul Bunyan Statue (2015) title
Paul Bunyan	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Tall Paul	........ [VP]
	........ Bills, Paul Bunyan Statue (2015)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Cultural Heritage Informatics Class Projects (2015-) ttps://paulbunyanbangor.wordpress.com/about/; accessed 24 October 2017
	..... Bills, Paul Bunyan Statue (2015)