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Kokkin, Kirsten,
Unknown (Italy),
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Passion
Figure female -- Nude
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Joy, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kokkin, Kirsten, 1951- , sculptor.
Unknown
(
Italy
),
founder
.
Title:
Joy, (sculpture).
Dates:
1989-1990. Dedicated Aug. 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base and columns: concrete, painted black.
Dimensions:
Female figure: approx. 6 ft. x 40 in. x 52 in.; Base: H. 5 ft. x Diam. 22 in.; Octagonal base columns: each approx. H. 20 in. x Diam. 12 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A full-length standing nude female figure, personifying Joy. She balances on her toes on her proper left leg; her proper right leg bent at the knee and raised up. Her proper left arm reaches above her head; her proper right arm, reaches back behind her. The figure is placed on an octagonal base, surrounded by four, much smaller, octagonal stumps; all set within a traffic median strip.
Subject:
Figure female -- Full length
Allegory -- Passion -- Joy
Figure female -- Nude
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City & County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture, and Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80204
Located Cherry Creek Pedestrian Mall, Third Avenue & Fillimore Street, Denver, Colorado
Provenance:
Acquired from Saks Galleries, Colorado
Remarks:
Inscription on nearby marker reads: "JOY"/BY KIRSTEN KOKKIN/DONATED BY MIKKEL & CATHERINE SAKS/JERRY & CONNIE ULRENCH/CHERRY CREEK CHAMBER/OF COMMERCE/AUGUST 1990. IAS files contain related newspaper article from Denver Post, Sept. 25, 1990, pg. E1 and E3.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
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 CO000074
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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