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Boylston Place Gateway, (sculpture). Artist:  Gerakaris, Dimitri, 1947- , sculptor. Title:  Boylston Place Gateway, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Galvanized steel, bronze. Dimensions:  Approx. 19 x 24 x 6 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A metal gateway of black steel inset with figures in bronze. At the top of the gateway are the theatrical masks of comedy and tragedy. Inset along the two parallel curved beams of the gateway's arch are lyres. Mid-way up either side of the arch are bronze horizontal insets with figures from the Grimm's fairy tale Bremen Town Musicians, including a donkey, a pig, a swan and ducks. On the back side of the gateway is a bear tipping his hat. The gateway is set directly into buildings on either side, and into the sidewalk at its base. Subject:  Literature -- Grimm -- Grimm's Fairy Tales Animal -- Donkey Animal -- Pig Animal -- Bird -- Swan Animal -- Bird -- Duck Animal -- Bear Object -- Musical Instrument -- Lyre Dress -- Costume -- Mask Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston Gate Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Boston, Boston Art Commission, Office of Cultural Affairs, Boston City Hall, Room 716, Boston, Massachusetts 02201 Located Boylston Place, End of pedestrian walkway at Boylston Street, Boston, Massachusetts Remarks:  The gateway was funded by the Browne Fund, the Henderson Fund and Massachusetts One Percent for Art. The gateway links the theatre district with Boston Common. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: from Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, rev. ed., pg. 46. 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 MA000156   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000156 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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