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Castle, Peter George,
Cannon Design,
Occupation -- Service
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo
Fountain
Sculpture
Police Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Castle, Peter George, 1937- , sculptor.
Cannon Design, design firm.
Title:
Police Memorial, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated May 13, 1991.
Medium:
Granite and metal on granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 8 x 2 x 13 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 ft., Diam. 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On angular slab at top of staircase:) POLICE MEMORIAL (On fountain:) In honor of those/who gave their lives/protecting our community/May 13, 1991 (On circular pool: names of all slain police officers).
Description:
Water cascades down the center of a pair of staircases or step-likestructures which are set into the side of a small hill. It then flows into a circular polished granite basin. A fountain jet of water sprays upward from the center of the basin.
Subject:
Occupation -- Service -- Policeman
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Buffalo
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Buffalo, Buffalo Arts Commission, Department of Community Development, 920 City Hall, Buffalo, New York 14202
Located Erie Street Mall, Franklin and Erie Streets, Lower Terrace, Buffalo, New York
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, Buffalo survey, 1992.
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 NY000038
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