to sacrifice his own son, although at the last minute an angel stops this from happening. In Barrett's short poem, "Being conceivable is deed enough" and the thought is enough to wreak the destruction. It ends: O Father Abraham I am unsexed your knife is buried in my brain. Prizes Audubon Artists' Prize (1948) Audubon Artists' Medal (1950) Selected books Barrett, Oliver O'Connor (1950). Little Benny Wanted a Pony. Illustrated by Scarry, Richard. Simon and Schuster. Barrett, Connor (1980). Myself Emerging; A Book of Sculpture and Poetry. References Barrett, Connor (1980), Myself Emerging; A Book of Sculpture and Poetry Who Was Who in American Art. Edited by Falk, Peter Hastings (1985). Madison Connecticut: Sound View Press. Noszlopy, George T. (1998), Public Sculpture in Birmingham: including Sutton Coldfield. Edited by Beach, Jeremy. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. Mantle Fielding’s Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers. Edited by Opitz, Glenn B (1986). Poughkeepsie NY: Apollo Book. Obituary, Caernarfon Herald, Friday July 10, 1987. Notes External links Page about Connor Barrett, including link to a display of his art works on Flickr elephant from Barrett's Sculpture Continuum at Willow Road Elementary, Valley Stream, NY Sculpture at Viceroy Close, Edgbaston, Birmingham 1908 births 1989 deaths People from Eltham Alumni of Fircroft College 20th-century British sculptors British male sculptors 20th-century British male artists