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Abe, Satoru,
Abstract
Landscape -- Tree
Allegory -- Place
Allegory -- Quality
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Nanakuli
Sculpture
Tree of Knowledge, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Abe, Satoru, 1926- , sculptor.
Title:
Tree of Knowledge, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1971.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: folded and brazed copper plate with bronze puddled on the surface, and a green-brown patina; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. 9 ft. 3 in. x 9 ft. 5 3/8 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 10 in. x 7 7/78 in. x 6 ft. 6 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) Satoru (Plaque on base:) State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Art in Public Places/"TREE OF KNOWLEDGE"/Copper/Bronze, 1971, by/Satoru Abe/State of
Hawaii
Department of Accounting and General Services signed
Description:
Abstract "tree" set on a concrete foundation surrounded by dirt and grass mounds symbolic of the Hawaiian Islands.
Subject:
Abstract
Landscape
--
Tree
Allegory
--
Place
--
Hawaii
Allegory
--
Quality
--
Prudence
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Hawaii
--
Nanakuli
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Hawaii
, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu,
Hawaii
96813
Located
Nanakuli
High School, 89-980
Nanakuli
Avenue, Entry Courtyard,
Nanakuli
,
Hawaii
Remarks:
Commissioned by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts for $10,000. IAS files contain newsclipping from Honolulu Advertiser, Sept. 9, 1971, pg. A-13.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Hawaii
survey, 1994.
Radford, Georgia & Warren, "
Sculpture
in the Sun:
Hawaii
's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of
Hawaii
, 1978.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Radford, Georgia & Warren, "
Sculpture
in the Sun:
Hawaii
's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of
Hawaii
, 1978, pp. 86-87.
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 87600049
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