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Levitated Stone, (sculpture). Artist:  Phillips, David, 1944- , sculptor. Title:  Levitated Stone, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned Feb. 1986. Installed 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Silicon bronze and granite; Base: metal. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 1 in. x Diam. 3 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. Diam. 8 ft. (2,500 lbs.). Inscription:  (On base plaque:) DAVID PHILLIPS/"LEVITATED STONE"/funded by the Cambridge Arts Council - 1986 unsigned Description:  The top part of the sculpture is a granite boulder and the bottom part is four 5 1/2 foot tall bronze tree limbs which support the boulder. At the base of the tree limbs is a circular flat metal grille. The sculpture is installed in a playground area of Dana Park. Subject:  Landscape -- Rocks Object -- Foliage Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Council, 57 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Accession Number: CAC81.06 Located Dana Park, Magazine, Lawrence, & McTernan Streets, Tot Lot, Cambridge, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Cambridge and funded in part by the United States Housing and Urban Development Block Grant. IAS files contain a printout from the Cambridge Arts Council and blueprints dated Nov. 6, 1985 which indicate that the sculpture may have been originally intended as a fountain. References:  Cambridge Arts Council, Percent for Art Program, 1990. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 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 65710044   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 65710044 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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