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Gates of Knowledge, (sculpture). Artist:  Baron, Ron, sculptor. Dattner, Richard, architect. Title:  Gates of Knowledge, (sculpture). Dates:  1995. Medium:  Bronze. Description:  This sculpture is anchored above and below the entrance gate to the school. Suspended above the gate is a row of well-worn books held together at each end by two playful cherubs. A few books are horizontally piled with a baseball on top (alluding to the balance a child must find between work and play). Below the gate is a shelf containing large scale bronze books, baseballs, a baseball cap and glove, apples, and book ends in the style of African sculpture. The sculpture has warm colorful patinas. The sculpture's distortion of scale is playful and symbolic of the huge role that school and play take in the lives of children. Subject:  Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence Object -- Written Matter -- Book Recreation -- Sport & Play -- Baseball Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, 2 Columbus Circle, New York, New York 10019 Located Intermediate School 2, Parkside Avenue & Nostrand Avenue, Entrance gate, Brooklyn, New York Remarks:  The sculpture was funded through the City's Percent for Art Program. References:  City of New York, Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art Program, 1997. 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 67360010   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 67360010 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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