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Reflections from Nature, (sculpture)

Catalog Data

Sculptor:
Cross, Ronald 1947-1993  Search this
Dyer, Mary K.  Search this
Leavitt, Keith  Search this
Rowe, Murray  Search this
Azevedo, Mark  Search this
Baird, Jason  Search this
Barad, Alan  Search this
Blanchard, Diane  Search this
Caton, Berni  Search this
Cornette, Kristen  Search this
Cox, Cindi  Search this
Cross, Ryan  Search this
Danielson, Todd  Search this
Delancy, Rob  Search this
Doughty, Nate  Search this
Kluzak, Kevin  Search this
Lessard, Jesse  Search this
Robinson, Jerry  Search this
Rollins, Bill  Search this
St. Laurent, Bob  Search this
Stewart, Greg  Search this
Ward, Paul  Search this
Wheelock, Vance  Search this
Whitehouse, Pam  Search this
Contractor:
Buzzell Construction  Search this
S. J. Wood Construction Company  Search this
Williams Construction  Search this
Fabricator:
T. W. Dick Company  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: aluminum, copper rods, Cor-Ten steel and stone, some portions painted; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by City of Winthrop School Department Highland Avenue Winthrop Maine 04364
Located Winthrop High School Highland Avenue Winthrop Maine 04364
Date:
1989-1990. Dedicated May 20, 1990
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.
Anvil's Ring v. 19 no. 1 (Summer 1994): pg. 18-20.
Summary:
Sculpture is an octagonal tower topped with a sphere. Relief images whose themes include humanity and the environment appear on each side, on three panels per side. Using the four main subject areas of anthropology, astronomy, botany and zoology, the images include a deer, Atlantic Puffin, water, the sun, moon and planets Neptune and Saturn, fire, flowers, bass, the Berlin Wall, cell mitosis, tire tracks, faces, a grasshopper, crane and images based on the work of M. C. Escher.
Topic:
Allegory--Other--Nature  Search this
Animal--Bird--Puffin  Search this
Animal--Bird--Crane  Search this
Animal--Insect--Grasshopper  Search this
Animal--Fish--Bass  Search this
Animal--Deer  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Allegory--Element--Fire  Search this
Allegory--Element--Water  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Sun  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Planet  Search this
Figure--Fragment--Face  Search this
Emblem--Zodiac  Search this
History--Germany--Berlin Wall  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Anthropology  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Astronomy  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Botany  Search this
Allegory--Arts & Sciences--Zoology  Search this
Homage--Escher, M. C.  Search this
Literature--Richards--Reflections from Nature  Search this
Control number:
IAS ME000377
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_333006