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Star Pool, (sculpture). Artist:  Allen, Be, 1940- , sculptor. Title:  Star Pool, (sculpture). Dates:  1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Granite, bluestone, puddingstone, metal, concrete, and brick. Dimensions:  Diam. 18 ft. Inscription:  (Medallion with grid pattern:) STAR POOL.Funded by the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund.1986.The Townscape Institute.Be Allen.Artist (Medallion with the American Legion emblem:) AMERICAN LEGION/U.S. (Medallion with the circular landscape:) ROSLINDALE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1712-1986/IN THIS MEETING HOUSE THE SETTLERS FIRST GATHERED ON NOV. 2, 1712 (Square:) ROSLINDALE VILLAGE/MAIN STREET.1986 (Latch key:) Metropolitan Ice Company Description:  The sculpture, a circular abstract mosaic made of triangular and square pieces of white granite, octagonal pieces of bluestone, and irregularly-shaped pieces of puddingstone, is embedded directly in the concrete sidewalk. Embedded within the mosaic are flat metal machine parts such as a latch key and several cogs. Also embedded within the mosaic are flat metal medallions containing emblems for: The Townscape Institute (a circular grid pattern); the Roslindale Historical Society (a circular landscape of two houses and two trees); the American Legion (a star with U.S. written in the center); the Masons; and a flat metal square containing the emblem for Roslindale Village (a series of squares with a cross in the middle). A border of red bricks is embedded around the outside edge of the circular mosaic. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial Emblem -- Masonic Architecture -- Domestic -- House Landscape -- Tree Object Type:  Mosaic Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Located Adams Park, Washington Street & Cummins Highway, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by The Townscape Institute with money from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund. References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 101. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 87740110   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740110 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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