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Bando, Masaru,
Fonderia Mariani E. Belfiore,
Mythology -- Classical
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Newport News
Natural, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bando, Masaru, 1952- , sculptor.
Fonderia
Mariani
E
.
Belfiore
,
founder
.
Title:
Natural, (sculpture).
Dates:
2003. Dedicated Oct. 25, 2003.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 5.6 x 3 x 3 ft.
Inscription:
(On one side of base:) There are only two or three human stories / and they go on repeating / themselves as fiercely as if they / had never happened before. / - Willa Cather (On one side of base:) The body dies, the body's beauty / lives. / - Wallace Stegner (On one side of base:) Each of us, helplessly and forever, / contains the other - male in / female, female in male, white in / black, black in white. we are part / of each other. / - James Baldwin (On one side of base:) I know only that what is moral is / what you feel good after and what / is immoral is what you fell bad after. / - Ernest Hemingway
Description:
Matte-black finished centaur on a roughly three-sided center support, mounted on a four-sided inscribed marble column, which sits on a marble slab.
Subject:
Mythology -- Classical -- Centaur
Object Type:
Sculpture
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Newport News
Owner:
Administered by Newport News Public Art Foundation, 735 Thimble Shoals Boulevard, Suite 100, Newport News, Virginia 23606
Located Intersection of Philip Roth Street & Thomas Wolfe Street, Newport News, Virginia
Remarks:
American novelist William Styron chose the inscriptions from the works of great American writers.
References:
Newport News Public Art Foundation, 2012.
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 78870004
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