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Spirit Tower, (sculpture). Artist:  Abbey, Rita Deanin, sculptor. Shidoni Foundry, founder. Title:  Spirit Tower, (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Dedicated Dec. 8, 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 20 x 12 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 ft. (10 tons). Inscription:  (Bottom, proper right of sculpture:) Rita Deanin Abbey 1993 signed Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Quality -- Excellence Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada -- Las Vegas Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Las Vegas Clark County Library District, Gallery Administration, 833 North Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Located Summerlin Library, 1711 Inner Circle Drive, Library entrance, Las Vegas, Nevada Remarks:  The $100,000 sculpture was commissioned by the Library District. The "Spirit Tower", as a symbol, appropriately represents the library, the performing arts center, and the gathering place of a community for its most aspiring creative human goals. Symbolically, the tower is a guardian of nature, knowledge, enlightenment, and mankind's achievements. The spirit is that of the search, the struggle of the process to become the best humanity can be. IAS files contain an related article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, December 21, 1993, pg. 20AA. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada 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 NV000018   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NV000018 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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