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    		• Ihara, Michio,
     
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    		• Ramsey Welding Research,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
     
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    		• Kinetic
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Pawtucket Prism, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ihara, Michio, 1928- , sculptor.
    Ramsey Welding Research, founder.
    Title: 
    Pawtucket Prism, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Power of Water, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Modeled 1986. Dedicated June 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless and gold-plated steel; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 20 x 18 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 in. x W. 40 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract kinetic sculpture overlooking the confluence of the Pawtucket Canal and the Concord River symbolizes the role that water power played in the development of Lowell. The sculpture consists of vertical rectangular units formed by metal rods constructed in a pyramid arrangement. Forty copper colored steel cubes are suspended from crossbars inside each rectangular unit. Dozens of fountain jets spray water against the cubes, spinning them in all directrions. The sculpture is installed on a flat concrete base in the middle of a stone plaza.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell
    Kinetic
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, 222 Merrimack Street, Suite 310, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
    Located Lowell Sheraton Hotel, Lowell Locks, junction of the Pawtucket Canal & Concord River, Lowell, Massachusetts
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lowell Hilton, Lowell, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    In 1986, the model for the sculpture was unveiled and the artist was commissioned $75,000. Hilton Hotel owner Arthur Robbins and his Hilton Hotel partners provided $50,000, and the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission provided the other $25,000. The City of Lowell appropriated $70,000 to develop the stone plaza around the sculpture. IAS files contain newspaper articles from The Sun (Lowell, MA), Aug. 4, 1986, pg. 9; Aug. 5, 1986, pg. 15-16; June 24, 1987, pg. 13-15; and July 15, 1987, pg. 38-40.
    References: 
    Lowell Office of Cultural Affairs, 1990.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 65910001
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