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    		• Gaston, Robert,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Middletown
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Guardians of the Path, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gaston, Robert, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Guardians of the Path, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1976. Dedicated 19, 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Steel reinforced concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 188 x 78 x 9 in.; Base: approx. 4 x 26 x 16 in. (102 tons).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A monumental geometric sculpture consisting of eight, tall, partially cylindrical, concrete towers. The curving walls of the towers are built in four-foot sections of poured concrete. The height of each tower varies (the tallest is 18 feet) and the top of each tower is slanted. The eight towers sit on a concrete pad at the entrance to the University. The installation site is one of the highest points in the Miami Valley and overlooks the Miami River, a path taken by Indians and explorers.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Other -- Vigilance
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Middletown
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Miami University, Middletown Campus, Physical Facilities, 4200 East University Boulevard, Middletown, Ohio 45042
    Located Miami University, Middletown Campus, Briel Avenue entrance, Middletown, Ohio 45042
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded by a $3,750 grant from the Ohio Arts Council matched by funds from the Louis B. McCalley bequest to Miami University. IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program; a Miami University press release announcing the dedication; a copy of a flyer dated 1989 describing the outdoor sculpture of Miami University's Middletown campus; and several articles from the Miamian, the Miami University newspaper. The sculpture was dedicated during the tenth anniversary celebration of Miami University's Middletown campus. The artist was a faculty member in Miami's School of Fine Arts.
    References: 
    The Sculpture Center, 2002.
    Campen, Richard N., "Outdoor Sculpture in Ohio," Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati 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 87830083
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