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Tree of Knowledge, (sculpture). Artist:  Abe, Satoru, 1926- , sculptor. Title:  Tree of Knowledge, (sculpture). Dates:  1971. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: folded and brazed copper plate with bronze puddled on the surface, and a green-brown patina; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 5 3/8 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 7 7/78 in. x 6 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On front of base:) Satoru (Plaque on base:) State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Art in Public Places/"TREE OF KNOWLEDGE"/Copper/Bronze, 1971, by/Satoru Abe/State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services signed Description:  Abstract "tree" set on a concrete foundation surrounded by dirt and grass mounds symbolic of the Hawaiian Islands. Subject:  Abstract Landscape -- Tree Allegory -- Place -- Hawaii Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Nanakuli Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 Located Nanakuli High School, 89-980 Nanakuli Avenue, Entry Courtyard, Nanakuli, Hawaii Remarks:  Commissioned by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for $10,000. IAS files contain newsclipping from Honolulu Advertiser, Sept. 9, 1971, pg. A-13. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1994. Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978. Illustration:  Image on file. Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pp. 86-87. 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 87600049   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87600049 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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