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(Merry-Go-Round), (sculpture). Artist:  Freundt, Paul, sculptor. Title:  (Merry-Go-Round), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Go Round, (sculpture). Play Sculpture, (sculpture). Dates:  1977. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Metal, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 13 ft. x Diam. 25 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A playground sculpture that is a fantasy merry-go-round, painted red-orange. The circle of the turning platform is echoed in other circles in the sculpture, and by arches which extend beyond it like huge spider legs with round feet. A weathervane is attached to the middle of the center pole and each of its four arms end in a small circle outlined in blue. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Playground Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta Weather vane Sculpture Owner:  Walter F. White Elementary School, 1890 Detroit Avenue, Playground, Atlanta, Georgia 30314 Provenance:  Formerly located Pryor Elementary School, 200 Doane Street, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned for $7,000 for the Pryor Elementary School, but when the school closed, the sculpture was relocated to the Walter F. White Elementary School. During relocation it was badly dented and not assembled correctly (the weathervane was inverted and now goes into the sculpture instead of up out of it). IAS files contain an excerpt from a Public Arts Project brochure, published by the City of Atlanta, ca. 1978-1979. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta 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 GA000464   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000464 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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