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    		• Adams, Alice,
     
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    		• Mitolo, Joe,
     
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    		• Merker Ornamental Iron and Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Dayton Fabricated Steel,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    From the Center, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Adams, Alice, 1930- , sculptor.
    Mitolo, Joe, architect.
    Merker Ornamental Iron and Manufacturing Company, fabricator.
    Dayton Fabricated Steel, fabricator.
    Title: 
    From the Center, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1982. Dedicated April 28, 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: steel, painted; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. Diam. 8 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 30 in. (700 lbs.)
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A flat platform, 8 ft. in diameter formed of concentric steel rings spaced as in a fire escape. It is supported slightly above ground on a circular reinforced concrete column 30 in. in diameter. One-half of the platform rests on the earth and the grass grows up through the rings. The other half juts out over the downslope. The sculpture is painted red.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Dayton, Recreation and Parks, 2013 West Third Street, Dayton, Ohio 45417
    Located Belmont Park, 957 Highridge Avenue, near Russett Avenue, Dayton, Ohio
    Remarks: 
    Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant given in 1986 to the City of Dayton. Additional funding was provided by the Ohio Arts Council, area colleges, the Dayton Art Institute, Hale Church's Neighborhood Artists, and the Miami Valley Arts Council. The sculpture was commissioned under the City of Dayton's Alternative Spaces Program. Cost of the sculpture was $1500. Dayton Fabricated Steel rolled the steel rods; Merker forged and bent the steel slats and Mitolo acted as consultant for the project. IAS files contain copies of the Dedication Ceremony Invitation and related articles from the Dayton Journal Herald, April 29 and July 3, 1982 and Dialogue: the Ohio Arts Journal (Sept./Oct. 1982): pg. 14.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1994.
    Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
    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 OH000658
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