Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
Return to results
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Berry, David A.,
Animal -- Bird
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture -- Idaho
Sculpture
Great Blues, (sculpture).
Artist:
Berry, David A., 1936- , sculptor.
Title:
Great Blues, (sculpture).
Dates:
1990. Dedicated Sept. 25, 1990.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: metal and stone; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 22 ft.; Base: approx. H. 34 ft. x W. 14 ft.
Inscription:
David Allison Berry (Inscribed:) "Great Blues"/by/David A. Berry/Funding provided by/Capital City Development Corporation/and contributions from/John Q. Hammons Industries/Oppenheimer Companies, Inc./and/friends of Capital City, Inc. signed
Description:
Three blue herons standing on base made of rocks and metal branches. The
heron
closest to the Boise Center is standing with one leg tucked beneath him. The middle
bird
is standing with his head pointed downward while both wings are spread in the air. The third
heron
is standing with his proper left leg forward and his head tilted downward. Birds are placed within a pond.
Subject:
Animal
--
Bird
--
Heron
Object Type:
Fountain
Outdoor Sculpture
--
Idaho
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Boise, Capital City Development Corporation, 805 West Idaho Street, Suite 200, P. O. Box 987, Boise, Idaho 83701
Located The Grove, Downtown, Boise Idaho
Remarks:
The sculpture was selected in 1989 by the Capital City Development Corporation, upon recommendation by Boise City Arts Commission. IAS files contain Sept. 18, 1990 press release issued by the Capital City Development Corporation; artist's diagram and suggested modifications from initial design.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Idaho survey, 1994.
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 ID000001
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
ID000001
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact