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Babi Yar Park: (Grove of Remembrance), (sculpture). Artist:  Nishita, Satoru, sculptor. Halprin and Associates, landscape architect. Title:  Babi Yar Park: (Grove of Remembrance), (sculpture). Other Titles:  (Grove of Remembrance), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 1, 1983. Digital Reference:  Medium:  100 crabapple trees; a black granite monolith; gravel circle. Dimensions:  Monolith: 16 in. x 11 ft. x 12 ft.; Gravel circle: W. 5 ft. Inscription:  (Plaque in grove:) In this grove at Babi Yar, each tree stands tall. Each a living/memorial to men, women, children - the majority Jews with/Ukranians and others./In every leaf, their lives: in every branch, their families:/in every rooted trunk, their past./Life courses even when leaves have fallen. Memory persists/even after presence parts./Can we not learn from the trees? Each stands alone - yet,/flourishes in the benevolent shade of others./Seasons change: So must we. Winter's madness must/not dry the sap of loving life again. unsigned Description:  Located in Babi Yar Park, at the northeast point of the Star of David, a grove of 100 crabapple trees set in 10 rows planted northeast by southwest. In the center of the grove is a black granite monolith, oval in shape. The top of the monolith is flat, with a polished surface. A triangular wedge (72 x 70 x 67 in.) is cut out and inset with a 2 inch piece of granite, leaving a 4 1/2 inch depression which forms a point of the Star of David. On this wedge is etched a stylized oak leaf. Subject:  Ethnic -- Hebrew Landscape -- Orchard -- Crab Apple Orchard State of Being -- Death -- Execution History -- Europe -- Holocaust Allegory -- Place -- Ukraine Abstract Object Type:  Earthwork Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of Denver, Department of Parks & Recreation, 2300 15th Street, Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80202 Located Babi Yar Park, Havana Street, Yale Avenue, Dayton Street, & Parker Road, Denver, Colorado Remarks:  One of several sculptures designed as part of Babi Yar Park (CO000072), a memorial to the 200,00 victims, mostly Jews, with Ukranians and others, who dies at Babi Yar, Kiev (Ukraine, USSR), between 1941 and 1943. See also Entrance Podium (CO000067); Entrance Monoliths (CO000068); Stone Circle (CO000070); and Bridge (CO000070). For further reading see articles in Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO), Oct. 3, 1983; and Denver Post (CO), Oct. 2, 1983. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993. City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 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 CO000071   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CO000071 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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