National Zoo: Chapin Bear Cub statue at the zoo in Washington, D.C. by Cornelia Van Auken Chapin

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See James M. Goode's
'Outdoor Sculpture'(paperback p120 Item #B-17)
(He excluded it from 'Washington Sculpture')
Medium: Rock
Artist: Cornelia Van Auken Chapin
Related subjects: Animals
Location: 3001 Connecticut Ave NW (Short Bear Line) Washington, D.C. National Zoo

Nearest Metro: Woodley Park - Zoo - Adams Morgan(Red) (click station name for all sculptures nearby)
Smithsonian American Art Museum's Art Inventories Catalog: Control number 76009234 (dcMem ID #1538 )

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National Zoo: Chapin Bear Cub statue at the zoo in Washington, D.C.
by Cornelia Van Auken Chapin

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Goode's "Outdoor Sculpture" has this as one of its 327 entries but it isn't one of the 503 entries in "Washington Sculpture." W.S. still includes the bio on pg 770. Perhaps dropping it or retaining bio was unintentional. In '07 sculpture was still there.

Links & other sources
National Zoo website
Wikipedia article on bears