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Peace, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Dennis, 1942- , sculptor. Title:  Peace, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Peace Group, (sculpture). Dates:  Summer 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: 14 gauge mild steel; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  4 units. Approx. H. 8 ft. Description:  Installation of four abstract full-length figures. One figure is standing, playing a flute. Two figures are dancing. One of the dancing figures balances on one leg, extending the other leg horizontally behind and one arm horizontally in front. The fourth figure is reclining on the ground, reaching with its arms to the proper right. The reclining figure rests on a concrete base flush with the ground in the center of the installation. The flute player stands toward the back and the two dancers stand at opposite sides of the installation from each other. Subject:  Abstract Figure group Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Performing Arts -- Music -- Flute Performing Arts -- Dance Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Weed Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Living Memorial Sculpture Garden, Board of Directors, Montague, California Located Living Memorial Sculpture Garden, Highway 97, Weed, California Remarks:  The sculpture is one of nine installed in the Living Memorial Sculpture Garden. The garden was created by volunteers under the guidance of Ric deLugo as a memorial to war dead. Land for the garden was donated by the United States Forest Service. Funding for the sculpture was raised by donation. In the summer of 1993 the sculpture was vandalized and the reclining figure was moved. The sculpture was restored by volunteers. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Pioneer Press, Feb. 22, 1989. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA001658   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001658 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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