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Rosenberg, Lilli Ann Killen,
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Recreation -- Sport & Play
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Mosaic
Sculpture
City
Carpet, (sculpture).
Artist:
Rosenberg, Lilli Ann Killen, 1924- , sculptor.
Title:
City
Carpet, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Ceramic, bronze, stone, brick, and concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 25 x 25 x 25 ft.
Inscription:
(From top to bottom:) SCHOOL STREET
BOSTON
SITE OF THE OLDEST/PUBLIC SCHOOL IN THE UNITED STATES/FOUNDED 1635/LATIN SCHOOL/"AGREED WITH MR. JOHN BARNERD/AS FOLLOWETH HE TO BUILD/A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE OF/FORTY FOOT LONG, TWENTY/FIVE FOOT WIDE & ELEVEN/FOOT STUD WITH EIGHT/WINDOWS BELOW & FIVE IN THE ROOF"/RECORD COMMISSIONERS/REPORT PSG VOL XI 1704/"EXPERIENCE KEEPS/A DEAR SCHOOL, BUT/FOOLS WILL LEARN/IN NO OTHER"/BENJAMIN FRANKLIN/OTHER ALUMNI INCLUDE/SAMUEL ADAMS, JOHN HANCOCK/CHARLES BULFINCH AND/RALPH WALDO EMERSON. LABOR OMNIA VINCIT.OMNIBUS OPPORTUNITAS/ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE FOUNDATION /
CITY
CARPET 1983.THE TOWNSCAPE INSTITUTE/ARTIST: LILLI ANN KILLEN ROSENBERG (Around outside edge: alphabet letter A-Z and numbers 1-10) signed
Description:
A sidewalk mosaic depicting a hopscotch diagram containing illustrations of children playing various games. The scenes depict children flying kites, jumping rope, rolling hoops, playing marbles, turning cartwheels, swinging from trees, chasing each other, drawing, etc. The mosaic is bordered with a row of bricks and contains an inscription commemorating
Boston
's Latin School.
Subject:
Children
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Games
Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Hopscotch
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Massachusetts
--
Boston
Mosaic
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
City
of
Boston
,
Boston
Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs,
Boston
City
Hall
, Room 716,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
02201
Located
Old
City
Hall
, Sidewalk on School Street between Parker & Tremont Streets,
Boston
,
Massachusetts
Remarks:
The piece was commissioned by Townscape Institute and commemorates oldest public school in the U.S.,
Boston
's Latin School which was established nearby in 1635. At the bottom of the piece is the motto of the Latin School which translates "Work conquers all --opportunity for all."
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater
Boston
,"
Boston
: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Massachusetts
survey, 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 87740082
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