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    		• DiStefano, Joe,
     
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    		• Troy, Diane,
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Oakland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Your Memory Column, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    DiStefano, Joe, sculptor.
    Troy, Diane, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Your Memory Column, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: ceramic tile; Base: pigmented concrete and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 21 ft. x 26 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. H. 18 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On south side:) 1993/DISTEFano (On base at northeast corner:) DISTEFANO 1993. signed
    Description: 
    Abstract tower composed of a series of triangular shapes abutting one another. The surface is composed of colored tiles bearing abstract patterns, numerology and Cabalistic imagery, and finished with a highly reflective glaze. The tower rises from a blue and white base bordered with polished granite.
    Subject: 
    Allegory -- Other -- Memory
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Oakland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 18th & F Streets, Washington, District of Columbia 20506
    Located Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, Oakland, California
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Art-in-Architecture program for the Federal Building's plaza. DiStefano and his partner Diane Troy made every part by hand, mixing and casting the concrete form, and painting hundreds of tiles individually. IAS files contain related article from Express (Berkely, CA?), July 1, 1994, which states the work took two years to complete.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    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 CA000466
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