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Dorrien, Carlos,
Architecture -- Detail
Object -- Furniture
Object -- Furniture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Archival Stone, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dorrien, Carlos, 1948- , sculptor.
Title:
Archival Stone, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Courtyard for History, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 11 x 35 x 45 ft.
Inscription:
DORRIEN 8 X 1989 signed
Description:
The sculpture consists of a large portal constructed with two rectangular vertical granite stones supporting a horizontal rectangular granite stone. The horizontal stone is flat on the bottom and roughly carved on the top. Flanking the portal are two large granite boulders. On the ground in front of the portal, twelve large rectangular granite stones have been arranged to form the outline of a rectangle. Inside the rectangle is a table approximately 5 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, and 1 ft. tall. Carved across the top of the table is a large "X" with a small recessed rectangle in the center. Between the table and the portal is a roughly carved granite bench. The sculpture is installed on a point facing a body of water.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Gate
Object -- Furniture -- Table
Object -- Furniture -- Bench
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
Massachusetts State Archives Building, 220 Morrisey Boulevard, Columbia Point, Courtyard, Boston, Massachusetts 02125
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $20,000 given in 1985 to the Cambridge Arts Council. The sculpture was created as part of the Massachusetts Art in Public Places Program. IAS files contain a copy of the press release announcing the call for artists for several one percent for art projects including the Massachusetts Archives, a copy of the artist's proposal for the sculpture, timelines for the construction of the sculpture, and copies of memorandums outlining the selection process.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 74.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: Harvard Common Press, rev.ed., 1993, pg. 97.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
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 87740108
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Inventory of American Sculpture
87740108
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