Dance of the Dead, (sculpture).

Dance of the Dead, (sculpture).

Ashton, Clark, sculptor.

Dance of the Dead, (sculpture).

Digital Reference:

Approx. 85 x 90 x 60 in.

(On face of larger headstone:) Here lyes(sic)/Buried/body of/Clark Ashton/1990 (On face of smaller headstone:) Dance/of the/Dead (On cross:) (skull and crossbones)/UNKNOWN unsigned

A three-sided open Victorian fence containing a graveyard of two headstones and a cross.

Allegory -- Death

Allegory -- Quality -- Discord

Architecture -- Detail -- Fence

Emblem -- Cross

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Decatur

Ashton, Clark, 3162 North Druid Hills Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033

According to the artist the sculpture is a statement of agnosticism, a questioning of belief systems, and whether there is life after death. Two skeletal figures, that are part of the sculpture, were temporarily removed due to a threat of vandalism. IAS files contain a photograph of sculpture at an indoor location with the skeletal figures.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.

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