Sculptor:

Bacig, Karen Sontag  Search this

Medium:

River Goddess and boulders: limestone and sandstone; Fossils: cephalopods and other prevertibrates; River: sand and gravel in resin

Type:

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Owner/Location:

Administered by City of Minneapolis Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board 400 South 4th, Suite 200, Grain Exchange Minneapolis Minnesota 55415

Located 2nd Avenue North at West River Parkway Minneapolis Minnesota

Date:

Installed Summer 1988. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1988. 1988-1989

Notes:

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993.

Image on file.

unsigned

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

Summary:

Environmental sculpture consisting of a series of boulders and fossil-like images along a meandering path. The path represents the Mississippi River. The central figure is the River Goddess, the left structure is a boulder with fossils and the right structure is the St. Anthony Falls. The sculpture symbolizes the evolution of the river.

Topic:

Abstract  Search this

Mythology--Classical--Goddess  Search this

Allegory--Place--Minnesota  Search this

Landscape--River--Mississippi River  Search this

Landscape--Waterfall--St. Anthony Falls  Search this

Animal--Other--Skeleton  Search this

Control number:

IAS MN000157

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_321854