Amanogawa - Baltimore Maryland
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N 39° 17.433 W 076° 36.356
18S E 361506 N 4350249
Abstract sculpture composed of 5 marble elements, including a central oval shape encircled by a strip of stainless steel and encrusted by 2 piers. 4 other smaller elements are before the larger one. All elements include rough and smooth stone.
Waymark Code: WM47TR
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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The sculpture was fabricated as part of the first International Sculpture Symposium of Baltimore in Sept.-Oct. of 1976 at Shot Tower Park. The symposium was funded for $16,500 by the Mayor of Baltimore and the Board of Recreation and Parks. A nearby plaque reads: ROBERT DUBOURG/BALTIMORE MARYLAND/SCULPTURE SYMPOSIUM 1977. For related reading see: Leslie M. Freudenheim's "Baltimore's Public Art 1960-1980," Baltimore: Scheidereith & Sons, 1980; and Henry and Caroline Naylor's "Public Monuments & Sculpture of Baltimore: An Introduction to the Collection," 1987.

IAS files contain: newspaper article from The Sun (Baltimore, MD), Sept. 10, 1976; News American (Baltimore, MD), May 25, 1977; a press release from the Mayor of Baltimore's Office, Oct. 19, 1976; newspaper articles from The Evening Sun (Baltimore, MD), July 30, 1976, Nov. 15, 1976; an excerpt from the catalog "International Sculpture Symposium of Baltimore at the Shot Tower, 1976."

The above 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.

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Subject: Abstract -- Geometric

Object Type: Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Baltimore

Sculpture Owner: Administered by City of Baltimore, Recreation and Parks, 2600 Madison Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21217

Located Shot Tower Park, Fallsway & Fayette Streets, Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Dimensions: Approximately 84 in. x 88 in. x 15 ft. 4 in.

Inscription: (On east and west sides of stainless steel: markings) unsigned

Title: Amanogawa

Artist: Du Bourg, Robert, 1944-

Media (materials) used: Tennessee black marble and stainless steel.

Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Shot Tower Park

Date of creation or placement: 1977

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