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Birds of Aubudon Circle
Artist:
Mark Favermann
Location:
Audobon Circle
Location
Audobon Circle
United States
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Neighborhood:
Fenway
Type:
Sculpture
Year:
2005
Medium:
Sheet steel
Collection:
City of Boston
Funders:
Browne Fund
Description:
Birds of Audubon Circle is a series of black silhouettes cut from sheet steel and mounted on perches fixed to the streetlights around the intersection of Beacon Street and Park Drive. Swans, crows, robins, herons, cardinals, humming birds, a swallow, and a hawk make up the diverse flock. Each of the twenty silhouettes is around two feet wide and thirty inches high, and spins on its axis when the wind catches it. The birds, inspired by the circle’s namesake, the Audubon Society, were installed to define the circle and distinguish its surrounding neighborhood. They were created by the sculptor Mark Favermann and dedicated on October 22, 2005.