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Tea House on Powderhorn Lake, (sculpture). Artist:  Fiene, Susan Selene, sculptor. Poole, John, caster. Smith Foundry Co., founder. American Structural Metals, contractor. Title:  Tea House on Powderhorn Lake, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1993. 1993-1996. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel, structural steel and cast iron, painted yellow, green, orange, purple and red with catalyzed polyurethane paint. Dimensions:  Approx. 28 x 20 x 20 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A gazebo sited on a lake which has an architectural feature for each ethnic group in the Powderhorn neighborhood. The roof arches represent the Asian-American residents. The thatch of color of the roof represents the Hispanic residents. The circular floor plan is from the Native-American teepee and village plans. The columns are taken from African reed bundles in Egyptian architecture. The arbors and railings are from European architecture. Cast animals are installed on the railings. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Gazebo Ethnic -- Asian American Ethnic -- Hispanic Ethnic -- Indian Ethnic -- African Ethnic -- European Ethnic -- Egyptian Animal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Arts Commission, 350 South 5th Street, City Hall, Room 200 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415 Located Powderhorn Lake, 35th Street & 11th Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota Remarks:  Commissioned for the Minneapolis Arts Commission Gateways Project by the Commission and the Powderhorn neighborhood of Minneapolis. The cost was $75,000. The animals were modeled and cast with the assistance of the Powderhorn Kids' Art Workshop. Spray paint and scratched graffiti was removed in the summer of 1995 by the artist and Museum Services (Minneapolis). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1995. 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 MN000122   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000122 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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