The Picnic by Gerald Heffernon | Stapleton Denver
The Picnic
Ellipse II (East 35thAvenue and Xenia Street)
Artist: Gerald Heffernon (Winters, CA)
Commission: $110,000
Installed: 2009
This sculpture tableau is based on classic, 18th century, European paintings about picnic themes. Instead of humans, it features four, elegant, bronze dogs lounging on a large, flat boulder as they enjoy a relaxed picnic. This combination of factors give the sculpture a pastoral, yet amusing, personality which will appeal to children and adults in this intimate neighborhood park.
