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Jade Spire, (sculpture). Artist:  Oehler, Kevin, 1953- , sculptor. Title:  Jade Spire, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Jade, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: wood, painted with oil, varnish and metallic powders; Base: concrete and metal. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 26 ft.x 18 in. x 16 in.; Base: 36 x 42 x 42 in. Inscription:  (Plaque on base:) JADE SPIRE 1990/BY KEVIN OEHLER/COLLECTION OF THE CITY & COUNTY OF DENVER/FEDERICO PENA MAYOR. Description:  Multi-green colored spire which begins as fluted columns at the 5 stepped base, becomes an industrial columned structure about 1/3 of the way up and a spiral pole with Arabic-style dome at top. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail -- Column Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver Site-specific Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of Denver, Commission on Cultural Affairs, Ste. 1600, 1st Western Plaza, 303 W. Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204 Located Market Street Station, 17th and Blake, Denver, Colorado 80204 Remarks:  According to the artist, "The towers reflect the architectural past of the city in totems, stacked with fragments of Victorian, Neo-Classical and Constructivist elements specific to historic Denver." The sculpture was commissioned for $11,875. It is one of two spires created by the artist for the Lower Downtown Historic District. (See also Union Spire, IAS record 66240003). Both were commissioned by the Denver Commission of Cultural Affairs One Percent for Art program. IAS files contain Accession Sheet, and copies of artist's statement (Robiochan Gallery, 5/92) on his spire exhibition, and clippings from Denver Post, April 29, 1990 and Westword, June 24-30, 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993. City and County of Denver, 1987. City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996. 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 66240002   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66240002 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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