Login
My List - 0
Help
Search
Search Images
About
Keyword
Browse
Combined
Highlights
Search History
All Catalogs
Search:
Artist Browse
Title Browse
Subject Browse
Object Type Browse
Owner Browse
Refine Search
> You are only searching:
Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
Who else has...
Hanson, Carole,
Allied Architects and Engineers,
Figure group
Animal -- Bird
Allegory -- Passion
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Augusta
Sculpture
The Dream of Happiness, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hanson, Carole, 1948- , sculptor.
Allied Architects and Engineers, architectural firm.
Title:
The Dream of Happiness, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988.
Medium:
Vermont marble.
Dimensions:
Approx. 7 1/2 ft. x 13 ft. x 3 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(Bottom, left center:) CAROLE HANSON 1988 signed
Description:
Three figures and a dove, carved in bas-relief on white marble panels, inset against the red brick of the building's facade. In the center pediment-shaped panel, a full-length, standing figure reaches with his arms above his head to the peak; a dove flies above his head. Flanking him on each of the side panels is a single seated figure, with legs outstretched.
Subject:
Figure group
Animal -- Bird
Allegory -- Passion -- Joy
Object Type:
Relief
Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Augusta
Sculpture
Owner:
Augusta Mental Health Institute, Bureau of General Services, Capitol Street, Augusta, Maine 04333
Remarks:
The title, "The Dream of Happiness," was derived from a Chinese fortune cookie saying. The sculpture was funded through Maine's Percent for Art program at a cost of $8,700. IAS files contain statement by the artist dated December 6, 1988.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1993.
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 ME000015
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
ME000015
Add Copy to MyList
Format:
HTML
Plain text
Delimited
Subject:
Email to:
Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
About
| © 2020 Smithsonian |
Terms of Use
|
Privacy
|
Contact
Login
Help
