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Man Enters the Cosmos, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor. Hammond, Beeby and Babka, architectural firm. Title:  Man Enters the Cosmos, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Sundial, (sculpture). Dates:  1980. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze with golden patina. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 13 ft. Description:  Two bronze semicircles, one set inside and at right angles to the other, form the main elements. A slim rod runs from one end of the outer semicircle to the other end and its shadow on the inner semicircle below marks the time of day. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric History -- United States -- Space Program Object Type:  Sundial Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Chicago Park District, Preservation Planning Division, 425 East McFetridge Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 Located Burnham Park, Adler Planitarium entry plaza, Solidarity Drive, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Commissioned by the trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund. Text on nearby plaque reads: Man Enters the Cosmos/This sundial sculpture created by/Henry Moore and commissioned by/the Trustees of the B. F. Ferguson/Monument Fund is erected in recognition of the revolutionary program of space exploration/which was launched in the second/half of the twentieth century,/making it possible for man to/land on the moon and to send/probes to Mercury, Venus, Mars,/Jupiter and Saturn/-May 1980- References:  Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 17. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1993. Riedy, James, "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 188. Illustration:  Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg. 17. Image on file. Note:  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. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87580001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87580001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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