Inverted Pecans In Ceremonial Red, (sculpture).

Inverted Pecans In Ceremonial Red, (sculpture).

Asay, Roger, 1941- , sculptor.

Davis, Rebecca, sculptor.

Inverted Pecans In Ceremonial Red, (sculpture).

Rutus Pecanosaurus, (sculpture).

1988. Installed Jan. 1988.

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Sculpture: painted pecan wood.

5 trees. Sculpture overall: approx. 15 x 60 x 12 ft.; Each tree: approx. Diam. 24 in.; Each foundation: approx. H. 2 in. x Diam. 30 in.

The sculpture consists of five upside down pecan trees that have been stripped of bark, roots and small branches. Each tree has about three feet of main trunk at the top with three to five finger-like branches pointing to the ground. The branches extend down 10 to 13 feet and serve as legs. The pale wood is painted with a rust/red color. The five trees stand in a row and each tree's legs are mounted on individual circular foundations.

Landscape -- Tree

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson

Administered by City of Tucson, Parks and Recreation Department, 900 South Randolph Way, Tucson, Arizona 85716

Located Reid Park, 900 Lakeshore Lane, Tucson, Arizona

The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: Inverted Pecans in Ceremonial Red/ (Rutus Pecanosaurus)/Roger Asay and Rebecca Davis Sculptors/Commissioned by/Tucson Parks and Recreation/and/Tucson Pima Arts Council.

The sculpture cost $25,000. It was commissioned and purchased by the City of Tucson through the One Percent for Art Program as part of the Tucson Parks and Recreation Department's budget for capital improvements. The artists decided to modify the sculpture approximately two years after the initial installation because the public was not responding to the sculpture as they had intended. With permission from the public art selection committee for Reid Park, the artists "textured" the sculpture with a chain saw and grinder, and then repainted and sealed it. A photograph in the Arizona Daily Star, Dec. 31, 1988, pg. 3B shows the sculpture before it was modified. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Arizona Daily Star, Dec. 31, 1988, pg. 3B and Jan. 14, 1988, C; Arizona Highways (July 1988); the Tucson Citizen, Feb. 8, 1990, pg. 2; and Prescott Courier, 1988.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arizona, Tucson survey, 1993.

Arizona Daily Star, Dec. 31, 1988, pg. 3B.

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