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Bauer, Ronald,
Abstract
Allegory -- Quality
Object -- Written Matter
Landscape -- Tree
Allegory -- Time
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Sculpture
Arbor Sapientiae, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bauer, Ronald, sculptor.
Title:
Arbor Sapientiae, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Tree of Knowledge, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979. Installed Dec. 1979. Relocated 1984.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: stainless steel, painted; Base: stainless steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 3 in.; Foundation: approx. W. 4 ft. x D. 4 ft. (1,600 lbs.).
Inscription:
(Horizontal on top corner of base, near plaque, in cursive:) R. Bauer/79 (Horizontal plaque on top of base:) ARBOR SAPIENTIAE/BY RONALD G. BAUER/MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GRANTE FROM/MICHIGAN COUNCIL/FOR THE ARTS/TO ANN ARBOR TOMORROW signed
Description:
Books, partially opened, cascading down a central trunk support. The sculpture is painted flat black.
Subject:
Abstract
Allegory -- Quality -- Prudence
Object -- Written Matter -- Book
Landscape -- Tree
Allegory -- Time
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Ann Arbor, Parks Department, 100 North 5th Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48107
Located Hanover Square, Packard & Division Streets, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by a civic booster group - The Arbor Tomorrow Project. Popularly known as the Tree of Knowledge, the sculpture cost $7,000 and was funded through a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts. It was originally installed in 1979 on a cement traffic island at State and Liberty, but was the subject of controversy and vandalism and was removed to a city storage yard in 1980 when the State Street was renovated. In 1984, it was sandblasted and reinstalled at its new site. IAS files contain related articles from The Ann Arbor News: July 15, 1979, pg. A-5; May 17, 1982; June 7, 1984.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Ann Arbor News, June 7, 1984.
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 MI000442
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MI000442
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