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Connecticut at the Diamond

Created to be moved easily the sculpture breaks into six parts which each weigh about 150 pounds. (Washington Artists News, September–October, 1983)
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The unveiling of Connecticut on top of the Bethesda, Maryland, Best Products showroom
Call number Mss3 B4648a FA2 (folder 1168), Best Products Company, Inc.

"The sculpture was built directly on an armature of wood, sprayed with isocyanate foam insulation, carved and sanded, then laminated with epoxy and fiberglass with a final finish of colorfast epoxy coating for an all weather protection."
(Washington Artists News, September–October, 1983)
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Connecticut on Connecticut Ave., Washington, D.C.
Call number Mss3 B4648a FA2 (folder 1168), Best Products Company, Inc.

This drawing reveals the artist's initial plan of how the sculpture was intended to be placed at its first proposed home on Connecticut Avenue in Washington, D.C. (Courtesy of Paul DiPasquale)
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Connecticut impaled with arrow
Call number Mss3 B4648a FA2 (folder 1168), Best Products Company, Inc.

This close-up photograph of Connecticut at the Best Products showroom in Bethesda, Maryland, shows the sculpture after it was shot by an arrow.
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Connecticut in California
Call number Mss3 B4648a FA2 (folder 1168), Best Products Company, Inc.

These images show Paul DiPasquale's proposal to move Connecticut to a Best Products building in San Francisco, California. The plan was never completed. (Courtesy of Paul DiPasquale)
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Connecticut in California
Call number Mss3 B4648a FA2 (folder 1168), Best Products Company, Inc.

These images show Paul DiPasquale's proposal to move Connecticut to a Best Products building in San Francisco, California. The plan was never completed. (Courtesy of Paul DiPasquale)
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