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Tacha, Athena,
Abstract
Homage -- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arizona -- Tucson
Sculpture
Curving Arcades (Homage to Bernini), (sculpture).
Artist:
Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor.
Title:
Curving Arcades (Homage to Bernini), (sculpture).
Dates:
1980-1981.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Painted Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Approx. 16 x 50 x 74 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Abstract sculpture consisting of three rows of 16 ft. high metal rectangles which were cut almost to the top and stretched at the bottom and anchored in the ground. The forms resemble wishbones in three curving rows. The sculpture is painted, and when viewed from the east shows three variants of red; when viewed from the west, shows three variants of blue.
Subject:
Abstract
Homage -- Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Arizona
--
Tucson
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
University
of
Arizona
, Museum of Art, Olive Road and Speedway,
Tucson
,
Arizona
85721 Accession Number: 81.31.1
Located
University
of
Arizona
, East end of mall, near Campbell Avenue,
Tucson
,
Arizona
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $50,000 given in 1980 to the
University
of
Arizona
. The inscription on a nearby marker, which reads: Curving Arcades/by Athena Tacha/A gift in October 1981 to the
University
/of
Arizona
through funds provided by/The National Endowment for the Arts/The Edward J. Gallagher, Jr./Memorial Bequest/The Richard Grand Foundation/The Janss Foundation. In 1997 the artist noted that the piece had been repainted in 1995(?) using non-metallic reds and blues which she selected.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Arizona
,
Tucson
survey, 1994.
Tacha, Athena, 1991, 1997.
Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 115.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
University
of
Arizona
Museum of Art: Paintings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection with Selected Drawings and Watercolors,"
Tucson
, AZ:
University
of
Arizona
Museum of Art, 1983, pg. 222.
Illustration:
Image on file.
"Athena Tacha Public Works, 1970-1988 A Retrospective Exhibition," High Museum of Art, 1989, pg. 20.
University
of
Arizona
Museum of Art: Paintings and Sculpture in the Permanent Collection with Selected Drawings and Watercolors,"
Tucson
, AZ:
University
of
Arizona
Museum of Art, 1983, pg. 222.
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 74240010
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