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Reality Relics: Books, (sculpture). Artist:  Fisk, Anita, 1948- , sculptor. Robert Mortenson Foundry, founder. Title:  Reality Relics: Books, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Books, (sculpture). Dates:  Cast 1979-1980. Installed 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Everdur Bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. 3 x 18 x 13 in. Inscription:  (Stamped:) FISK '80 signed Description:  Two books, one closed, embedded in the sidewalk. Subject:  Object -- Written Matter -- Book Literature -- Lippard -- Changing: Essays in Art Criticism Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109 Located Fremont Public Library, 731 North 35th Street, Next to front steps, Seattle, Washington Remarks:  One of at least seven sculptures, cast from everyday objects, placed by the artist around the city in 1981, while she was a Seattle Arts Commission artist. The open book is Lucy Lippard's "Changing: Essays in Art Criticism. The book is open to pages 28 and 29, where the author discusses how art and the criteria for judging it changes over time. IAS files contain related excerpt from James M. Rupp's "Art in Seattle's Public Places," Seattle: Univ. of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 200. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington 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 WA000014   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000014 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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