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Earth, Air, Sea, (sculpture). Artist:  Fuller, Mary, 1922- , sculptor. McChesney, Robert, assistant. Title:  Earth, Air, Sea, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1985. 1986. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Concrete, mosaic tile. Dimensions:  3 units. Lion: approx. 48 x 90 x 55 in.; Bird: approx. 120 x 42 x 42 in.; Fish: approx. 71 x 24 3/8 x 36 in.; Base: approx. 2 x 90 x 60 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Installation of three abstract figures in the shape of a lion, a bird and a fish. The lion is lying down on the proper right side of the installation. The bird is in the center and is made up of a tall series of blocks stacked at alternating angles. The fish is on the proper left side of the installation. Its head is curled towards its tail, and it rests on its back. The eyes of each figure are mosaic tile. The concrete figures are block-like in appearance and heavily incised to delineate details, such as the lion's nose and whiskers. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Animal -- Lion Animal -- Bird Animal -- Fish Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located West Side Pump Station, Intersection of Great Highway & Sloat Boulevard, San Francisco, California Remarks:  Nearby plaque: "Mary Fuller. Earth-Air-Sea (copyright symbol)/American, b. 1922. Concrete. Collection of the City and County of San Francisco. Commissioned by the San Francisco Art Commission 1985 for the San Francisco Clean Water Program." IAS files contain copy of excerpt from related Sept. 13, 1982 Art Commission minutes. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. 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 CA001747   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001747 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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