Evergreen, (sculpture).

Evergreen, (sculpture).

Schultze, Antoinette Prien, sculptor.

Evergreen, (sculpture).

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Steel, Styrofoam, wire mesh, and painted and pigmented Design-Cast 66 artificial stone.

Approx. 10 ft. x 7 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 10 in.

An abstract old brown tree with seven children climbing on it. The children are green.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education

Landscape -- Tree

Recreation -- Sport & Play

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Skowhegan

Administered by State of Maine, Department of Education, School Administrative District #54, West Front Street, P. O. Box 248, SKowhegan, Maine 04976

Located Skowhegan Area High School, West Front Street, P. O. Box 248, Skowhegan, Maine 04976

Funded through the Maine Percent for Art Program. The placement of the children in the tree is symbolic of their reading or meditating, with the increase in height of the climbing students symbolic of the increased perspective greater knowledge brings. The green pigmentation of the sculpture is symbolic of the symbiotic relationship of students and knowledge and growth of tree. IAS files contain a copy of the Percent for Art contract and text on nearby plaque.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1994.

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