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Pavilion in the Trees, (sculpture). Artist:  Puryear, Martin, 1941- , sculptor. Harris, Samuel Y., architect. Kieran, Timberlake, & Harris, architectural firm. Title:  Pavilion in the Trees, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned 1980. Dedicated Oct. 26, 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Pennsylvania white oak, Washington red cedar, and California redwood. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 320 in. Description:  The pavilion is a giant treehouse constructed with a large platform covered by a lattice canopy. A sixty-foot ramp leads up to one end of the pavilion. The pavilion is located twenty-four feet over a ravine known as Lansdowne Glen. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Gazebo Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131 Located Fairmount Park, West side of park, Lansdowne Glen near Horticultural Center, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association at a cost of $180,000. It is one of several works commissioned in 1980 as part of a program known as "Form and Function: Proposals for Public Art for Philadelphia." IAS files contain newspaper articles from The Philadelphia Sun, Oct. 24, 1993, pg. 4 and The Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 27, 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 27, 1993. 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 PA001135   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001135 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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