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World Peace Mural, (sculpture). Artist:  Pfeiffer, Joel, sculptor. Donachy, Barbara, sculptor. Champion, Alex, sculptor. Ratzlaff, Nik, sculptor. Hill, Sterling, sculptor. Brt, John, sculptor. Brt, Daniel, sculptor. Brt, Ellen, sculptor. Brt, Glen, sculptor. Title:  World Peace Mural, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Prairie Peace Park Sculptures, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1991-1994. Dedicated June 11, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Mural: stoneware and brick; Other sculpture: mixed media. Dimensions:  Mural: approx. H. 10 ft. x W. 80 ft. Description:  Park includes 27.5 acres of permanent and temporary sculpture installations. There are three mazes. A Children's Maze includes artwork with a peace theme from children around the world. A second maze is shaped like the United States. The third is an earthwork maze. A free-standing wall mural contains relief images of figures and fragments such as hands and feet. A world map is installed on the ground, with the continents outlined in logs designed to be walked on. Some 32,000 cone-shaped pieces interspersed with missiles represents the United States nuclear arsenal. The works are linked by landscaped path. Subject:  Allegory -- Civic -- Peace Architecture -- Other -- Maze Figure -- Fragment Object -- Weapon -- Nuclear Weapon Abstract Landscape -- Plain Object Type:  Mural Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Lincoln Relief Earthwork Sculpture Owner:  Administered by World Peace Center, 129 North 18th Street, #423, P. O. Box 95062, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 Located Prairie Peace Park, North side of Pleasant Dale interchange, Highway 89, Lincoln, Nebraska Remarks:  Prairie Peace Park was initiated by Don Tilley ca. 1991. The concept was to integrate the natural prairie landscape with permanent and temporary sculptures whose themes are world peace. The land was purchased for $44,000 and the works were financed with private donations. IAS files include detailed information about selected pieces and related articles from the Lincoln Journal-Star, the Seward County Independent, the Omaha World-Herald, the "Nuclear Arsenal Handbook," (Denver, CO: Nuclear Arsenal Project, n.d.), References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994. 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 NE000199   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NE000199 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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