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The Breakthrough, (sculpture). Artist:  Sandys, Edwina, 1938- , sculptor. Title:  The Breakthrough, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Dedicated Nov. 9, 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: concrete with steel parapet cap. Dimensions:  Approx. 14 ft. x 32 ft. x 16 in. Inscription:  signed Description:  Eight sections of the dismantled Berlin Wall, with cutouts in the shape of a man and woman, through which people can walk. The wall is covered with German graffiti, including initials of political groups and dates. Subject:  Architecture -- Detail -- Wall History -- Germany -- Berlin Wall Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Fulton Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Westminster College, 501 Westminster Avenue, Fulton, Missouri 65251 Located Westminster College, Winston Churchill Memorial and Library in the United States, 7th & Westminster Avenues, Fulton, Missouri 65251 Remarks:  Artist bought the sections of the Berlin Wall from the German government, when the wall was dismantled. The graffiti was on the wall prior to the wall's purchase. IAS files contain related newsclippings from the Columbia Tribune (Columbia, MO) dated June 10, 1990; Sept. 27, 1990; and Oct. 4, 1990; and from the Kansas City Star, Oct. 4, 1990, April 20, 1991, and April 22, 1991. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri survey, 1994. Salmon, Thomas W., II, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Related Works:  Companion to: NY000959. 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 74110013   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74110013 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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