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The Entrance, (sculpture). Artist:  Piet, John Frances, 1946- , sculptor. Title:  The Entrance, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 22, 1975. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sheet steel, polychromed. Dimensions:  Approx. 22 x 5 x 4 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture constructed with a curved line attached to a fan-like shape that rises up and is joined with other fan-shaped pieces at the top. Five bars stacked at the bottom of the sculpture represent the continents participating in the International Theater Olympiad for which the sculpture was commissioned. The sculpture was originally painted brown, but was repainted orange-red by the sculptor in 1984. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Landscape Division, 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226 Located Grand Circus Park, Woodward Avenue between West Adams & Park Street, Detroit, Michigan Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant given in 1975 to the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department. Additional funding was provided by Central Business District Association, the Detroit Department of Recreation, and the Michigan Council for the Arts. The sculpture was commissioned by the Detroit Department of Recreation through the People's Art: 200 Minus One, a Bicentennial project, to salute the International Theater Olympiad that was held in Detroit the week of June 23rd, 1975. In 1984, the sculptor was hired by the Detroit Parks and Recreation Department to repaint his sculpture. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Detroit News, June 12, 1975 and June 23, 1975; and a brochure "People's Art 200," Detroit: Midtown Association, May 1977. For additional reading see Richard Hantan's "City of Detroit Public Monuments." References:  Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 58. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Image on file. Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 59. 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 87840010   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87840010 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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