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Nishita, Satoru,
Halprin and Associates,
Ethnic -- Hebrew
State of Being -- Death
History -- Europe
Allegory -- Place
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Sculpture
Babi
Yar
Park
: (Stone Circle), (sculpture).
Artist:
Nishita, Satoru, sculptor.
Halprin and Associates, landscape architect.
Title:
Babi
Yar
Park
: (Stone Circle), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
(Stone Circle), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 1, 1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Gravel; light-colored, polished granite; black granite; and a brass-covered capsule containing dirt.
Dimensions:
Approx. Diam. 12 ft.
Inscription:
(On inner ring of light-colored polished granite: Inscriptions honoring the dead of
Babi
Yar
, people who contributed to the memorial, and city and state officials) (On brass capsule: Inscription noting the donor) unsigned
Description:
A stone circle is composed of several concentric rings. The outermost ring (6 feet in diameter) is made of gravel; next is a polished light granite ring (2 feet wide segments). Within this circle is a ring of black granite paving blocks (each five inches square; circle 8 feet in diameter). Next is another ring of polished light granite. Inside this ring is a circle made up of four wedges of black granite and, in the center, a small brass-covered capsule containing dirt from
Babi
Yar
, Ukraine, USSR.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Hebrew
State of Being -- Death -- Execution
History -- Europe -- Holocaust
Allegory -- Place -- Ukraine
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Colorado
--
Denver
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City and County of
Denver
, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 150,
Denver
,
Colorado
80202
Located
Babi
Yar
Park
, Havana Street, Yale Avenue, Dayton Street, & Parker Road,
Denver
,
Colorado
Remarks:
This is one of several sculptures designed as part of
Babi
Yar
Park
(CO000072), a memorial to the 200,000 victims, mostly Jews, with Ukranians and others, who died at
Babi
Yar
, Kiev (Ukraine, USSR), between 1941 and 1943. See also Entrance Podium (CO000067); Entrance Monoliths (CO000068); Bridge (CO000070); and Grove of Remembrance (CO000072). SOS! report includes citations to related articles in Rocky Mountain News (
Denver
, CO), Oct. 3, 1983; and
Denver
Post (CO), Oct. 2, 1983.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Colorado
,
Denver
survey, 1993.
City and County of
Denver
, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
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 CO000069
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CO000069
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