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Bridge is a public art work by artist Peter Flanary. It is located on the Hank Aaron State Trail in the Menomonee Valley south of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sculpture was donated to the State of Wisconsin by the nonprofit Menomonee Valley Partners. The sculpture is located in Three Bridges Park near the bridge from Mitchell Park.
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The Yount Monument is a public art work by artist Brian Maughan. It is located in front of the Miller Park stadium west of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sculpture depicts Robin Yount, a member of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team, following through after taking a swing at a pitch. The figure wears a 1980s-style uniform with close-fitting calf-length pants, a button-front short-sleeved jersey and a batting helmet. The sculpture was dedicated on April 5, 2001.
Stone Bracelet is a public art work by artist Zoran Mojsilov, located on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The work is a large chiseled stone fitted with a stainless steel loop near its top from which smaller rocks are suspended on four sides of the sculpture. The artwork is located in a small park near Third and Walker Streets in the Walker's Point neighborhood. Stone Bracelet was commissioned through the Spirit of Milwaukee Neighborhood Millennium Art Initiative.
Watertower is a public art work by artist Tom Fruin. It is located just south of downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin on top of the seven-story Coakley Brothers Company warehouse in the Walker's Point neighborhood.
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- ↑ "The Family, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog-SIRIS. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ Johnson, Annysa (27 October 2005). "West Allis to Celebrate Permanence". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "Aldermen OK Sculpture Plan in West Allis". Milwaukee Sentinel. 17 February 1982. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ↑ "Artist Awaits West Allis Decision". Milwaukee Journal. 21 January 1982. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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