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Sculpture in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

Bear Gargoyle is an outdoor 1988 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed at the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene, Oregon, United States. It depicts the head of a grizzly bear with a Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl Indian) bear mask on top. The sculpture is made of hammered 32 oz. copper over a stainless steel frame and measures approximately 5.5 feet (1.7 m) x 4 feet (1.2 m) x 5 feet (1.5 m). Its condition was deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in March 1993. The sculpture is administered by the University of Oregon.

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v t e Public art in Eugene, Oregon
Akbar's Garden Alan Turing Bear Gargoyle Big Red Bison Brown and Black Asteroid Cascade Charley Drosophila Fly Head Einstein Gargoyle Emergence Encounter The Falconer† The Family Group Flight Patterns Flying Ducks Great Blue Heron Indian Maiden and Fawn Isaac Newton Gargoyle John von Neumann Lady Luna Marie Curie Gargoyle Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle New Horizons Performing Frogs The Pioneer† The Pioneer Mother† Procession Prometheus Raven Gargoyle Reflections of a Summer Day Salmon Gargoyle Statue of Bill Bowerman Statue of Eugene Skinner Statue of Rosa Parks The Storyteller Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon Three Standing Forms Untitled Wind Fence Wind-Rain Song Zebra Fish
Key: † No longer extant or on public display

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

v t e Wayne Chabre
Sculptures	Einstein Gargoyle (1986) John von Neumann (1987) Raven Gargoyle (1987) Salmon Gargoyle (1987) Alan Turing (1988) Bear Gargoyle (1988) Drosophila Fly Head (1988) Grasshopper (1988) Isaac Newton Gargoyle (1988–1989) Marie Curie Gargoyle (1989) Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle (1989) Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon (1989) Zebra Fish (1989)

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