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Homage to Silence, (sculpture). Artist:  Kirk, Jerome, 1923- , sculptor. Title:  Homage to Silence, (sculpture). Dates:  1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Painted aluminum and stainless steel, I-beams, rolled sheet metal; Base: painted concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 10 x 2 x 6 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 56 x 45 in. Inscription:  (Artist signed sculpture in two places, halfway up column and on back) signed (On base:) KIRK '81 (On triangular piece:) KIRK '81 (Plaque on base:) JEROME KIRK/"HOMAGE TO SILENCE"/COMMISSIONED BY/ART IN PUBLIC PLACES FUND ACQUISITION/PALO ALTO VISUAL ARTS JURY/S.01.81 signed Description:  A kinetic sculpture with three pairs of circles attached to a vertical column with a small projecting triangular piece, all painted red. The sculpture is mounted on a stepped concrete base, painted black. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Senses -- Hearing Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palo Alto Kinetic Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Palo Alto, Community Services Department, Arts & Culture Division, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto, California 94303 Accession Number: S.01.81 Located Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1313 Newell Road, Corner of Newell & Embarcadero, Palo Alto, California 94303 Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Palo Alto for the Cultural Center. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995. Palo Alto Cultural Center, 1988. SOS Assessment Award, 1997. 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 74120006   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74120006 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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