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    		• Bertoia, Harry,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
     
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    Sounding Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bertoia, Harry, 1915-1978, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Sounding Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated June 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Copper rods attached to brass plate mounted on a pedestal of aggregate-faced concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 19 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 4 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base:) SOUNDING SCULPTURE/BY HARRY BERTOIA/PRESENTED BY/THE COLORADO NATIONAL BANK/AT THE DEDICATION OF/IDEAL/PLAZA/JUNE 1976
    Description: 
    90 copper rods, arranged in 18 rows of 5 each, attached to a brass plate mounted on a pedestal of aggregate concrete. Sound is created by the wind movement of the copper rods.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Senses -- Hearing
    Object Type: 
    Kinetic
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Colorado National Bank, Denver, Colorado
    Located Ideal Plaza, 17th & Curtis Streets, Denver, Colorado
    Remarks: 
    SOS! report includes a citation to related articles in the Denver Post, June 7th and June 22nd, 1976.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    Denver Post (Denver, CO), June 7, 1976.
    Denver Post (Denver, CO), June 22, 1976.
    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 CO000076
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