Playscapes, (sculpture).

Playscapes, (sculpture).

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988, sculptor.

Sadao, Shoji, 1927- , architect.

Beers Construction Company, fabricator.

Playscapes, (sculpture).

1975-1976. Dedicated May 1, 1976.

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Sculpture: concrete, sheet metal and steel pipe.

A fabricated playground, including two slides (one of which spirals around a circular column), a sandbox, stacked cubes, and two side-by-side swing sets made of a vertical pole and a diagonal pole from which the swings hang.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta

Coadministered by High Museum of Art, 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Coadministered by City of Atlanta, Department of Parks, Recreation, & Cultural Affairs, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Located Piedmont Park, Piedmont & 12th Street, Atlanta, Georgia

A playground built as part of the "Art in the Park" program. The sculpture was commissioned by the High Museum of Art as the museum's bicentennial gift to Atlanta. It cost $75,000 and was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $50,000 given in 1975 to the City of Atlanta. Matching funds were provided by the High Museum's Members Guild, and the Atlanta Junior League. IAS files contain related excerpts from Museum News, Sept./Oct. 1976, pg. 32-35 and brochure for Playscapes published by the High Museum of Art. Since the SOS! 1994 survey, the sculpture has been repainted, but not according to artist's original colors.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.

Noguchi, Isamu, "The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum," New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum), 1987.

Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, no. 749.

Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.

Grove, Nancy & Diane Botnick, "The Sculpture of Isamu Noguchi, 1924-1979," New York: Garland Pub., 1980, plate 749.

For model see: 87560894.

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