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    		• Smyth, Ned,
     
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    		• Lawler, Walter,
     
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    		• Londino Stone,
     
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    		• Mark Morrison Associates,
     
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    		• Vollmer Associates,
     
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    		• Sette-Juliano,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Detail
     
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    		• Object -- Toy
     
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    		• Object -- Furniture
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Upper Room, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Smyth, Ned, 1948- , sculptor.
    Lawler, Walter, contractor.
    Londino Stone, fabricator.
    Mark Morrison Associates, landscape architect.
    Vollmer Associates, engineering firm.
    Sette-Juliano, contractor.
    Title: 
    The Upper Room, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1984-1987. Installed Nov. 1986. Dedicated May 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Plaza and steps: bluestone; Columns: concrete with aggregate of Nyak trapstone and Long Island gravel; Chessboard inlay: terrazzo with brass strips.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 40 ft. L. 75 ft. W. 20 ft.; Base: approx. H. 3 ft. L. 76 ft. W. 21 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A colonnaded plaza area that contains a gazebo and a long table outfitted with twelve seats and inlaid with six chessboards. All of the pieces are covered with mosaic of pre-cast aggregate.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Object -- Toy -- Chess
    Object -- Furniture -- Table
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Battery Park City Authority, New York, New York
    Located Battery Park City, Albany Street at the Esplanade, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    The title "The Upper Room" refers to the Hindu "chakra" station of psychic energy above one's head. IAS files contain a May 5, 1987 press release from the Battery Park City Authority; and a copy of Battery Park City Art Collection's Technical Information Sheet, which includes information on copyright and maintenance of the piece.
    References: 
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 34-35
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 34-35.
    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 87870032
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