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Field, Richard,
Abstract
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Exedra
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Omaha
Sculpture
Memorial to the American Bandshell, (sculpture).
Artist:
Field, Richard, sculptor.
Title:
Memorial to the American Bandshell, (sculpture).
Dates:
1976. Dedicated July 4, 1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel, welded; Base: three concrete walls.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 3 in. x 17 ft. x 15 ft.; Base: each wall approx. 9 ft. 7 in. x 2 ft. x 8 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(Welded into east side of sculpture:) Richard Field signed
Description:
"Enclosure with three rounded sides, circular formation. Two openings with walkways, one opening with bush. There are two benches attached to the interior walls. The three curved walls act as a base for the metal sculpture that rests on three points. Sculpture is comprised of curved planar forms bolted to the top of the walls."
Subject:
Abstract
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music
Object Type:
Exedra
Outdoor Sculpture --
Nebraska
--
Omaha
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Nebraska
,
Nebraska
Department of Roads, Design Division, 1500 Highway, N-2, Lincoln,
Nebraska
68502
Located
Nebraska
Interstate 80, Platte River, eastbound rest area,
Omaha
,
Nebraska
Remarks:
One of nine pieces completed as part of a Bicentennial celebration to place sculpture along Interstate-80. The idea for the 500-mile sculpture garden originated with Thomas A. Yates, who with Norman Geske, proposed the project to the
Nebraska
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in August 1973. The commission endorsed the project and made a $100,000 grant toward the total project costs of $535,000. Additional funders included the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, the
Nebraska
Arts Council, the
Nebraska
Art Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and private and corporate donations. The project was controversial because of the abstract nature of the sculpture and because no
Nebraska
artist was selected in the competition. IAS files contain related newsclippings from the Lincoln Journal and Star, and the
Omaha
World-Herald, 1973-1986; an excerpt from World-Herald Magazine of the Midlands, June 29, 1986; and a brochure printed by the
Nebraska
Department of Economic Development: "
Nebraska
's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden."
IAS files contain a copy of an April 20, 2011 "Memorandum of Understanding Between The
Nebraska
Department of Roads and the
Nebraska
Arts Council Regarding The
Nebraska
Interstate-80 Bicentennial Sculpture Project" describing responsibilities for the care of the sculptures.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Nebraska
survey, 1994.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Nebraska
Department of Roads, 2011.
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 76009949
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Inventory of American Sculpture
76009949
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