Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     Return to results > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kelly, Tom,     Thompson, Tommy,     Architecture -- Domestic     Architecture -- Other     Folk     Architectural component     Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Rhyolite     Sculpture

The Bottle House, (sculpture). Artist:  Kelly, Tom, sculptor. Thompson, Tommy, sculptor. Title:  The Bottle House, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Tommy's Tiny Town, (sculpture). Dates:  Bottle House: 1905-1906. Tommy's Tiny Town: 1969. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculptures: mixed media, including bottles, wood, aluminum flashing, stone, cement, tile and glass; Base: concrete and bottles. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 20 x 24 x 24 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  The Bottle House is a one-story, wood frame house with walls and a foundation made from over 50,000 bottles imbedded in adobe. Tommy's Tiny Town is a miniature town of approximately 37 wood and concrete houses and buildings, between 2-3 feet in height. Subject:  Architecture -- Domestic -- House Architecture -- Other -- Well Object Type:  Folk Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Rhyolite Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Bureau of Land Management, Tonopah Nevada Division, Box 85, Amargosa Valley, Nevada 89020 Located Rhyolite, Nevada Remarks:  The Bottle House was completed by Tom Kelly in Feb. 1906 and restored in 1925. Tommy's Tiny Town was built by Tommy Thompson in 1969 and it is situated in the yard on the north side of the Bottle House. IAS files contain pamphlet published by Friends of Rhyolite, entitled "Rhyolite Tour Guide," c. 1992, in which the sculpture and City of Rhyolite are discussed in more detail. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1994. 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 NV000065   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NV000065 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact