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    Dreaming of Far Away Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Dennis, Donna, 1942- , sculptor.
    Dattner, Richard, architect.
    Architectural Ironworks, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Dreaming of Far Away Places: The Ships Come to Washington Market, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985-1988. Installed Sept. 1988.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: cut, welded, and painted steel fence, supported by brick piers.
    Dimensions: 
    14 panels. Each panel: approx. 10 ft. x 14 ft. x 5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Bottom right of panel no. 4, Greenwich Street side, in script:) Donna Dennis 1988 (On plaque, bottom right of panel no. 4, Greenwich Street side:) ARCHITECTURAL IRON COMPANY/MILFORD PENNSYLVANIA/717-296-7722 212-243-2664 signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Fence consisting of fourteen panels that depict ships coming into the New York harbor. The images are formed with cut out pieces of steel laid against a grid-patterned background.
    Subject: 
    Waterscape -- Harbor -- New York Harbor
    Architecture -- Boat -- Ship
    Occupation -- Industry -- Shipping
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Board of Education, Public Art for Public Schools, 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513, Long Island City, New York 11101
    Located Public School 234, 299 Greenwich Street, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture cost $144,000. Final approval was given Dec. 14, 1988. Inventory image files contain a historic photograph of the sculpture from the files of the Art Commission of the City of New York and snapshots taken in 1993. For related articles see Art Forum (April 1988): pg. 146 and the New York Times, July 28, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Board of Education,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 NY000051
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