Untitled, (sculpture).

Untitled, (sculpture).

Chamberland, Charles J. W., 1927- , architect.

Untitled, (sculpture).

1975. Dedicated Oct. 1, 1975.

Balsatic rustic terrazzo and copper.

Sculpture: approx. 7 x 23 x 15 ft.; Base: approx. 1 x 27 x 27 ft.

A fountain in the shape of an off-centered pyramid, made of concrete with outside surfaces of terrazzo. It rises out of a shallow pool. At the upper section of the fountain are cut-out sections or windows on four sides, each shaped according to the plane of the pyramid. At the top of the fountain is a large copper pan, a reversed pyramid in design. Water cascades down the sides of the pyramid.

Abstract -- Geometric

Landscape -- Phenomenon -- Volcano

Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu

Administered by City and County of Honolulu, Mayor's Office on Culture and the Arts, 530 South King Street, Room 404, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813

Located Ala Moana Beach Park, 1201 Ala Moana Boulevard, Lester McCoy Pavilion, Honolulu, Hawaii

Commissioned by the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Parks and Recreation with funds donated to the city by Hazel McCoy, in memory of her husband Charles Lester McCoy, Honolulu's first park commissioner. Chamberland also designed and sculpted the surrounding pavilion. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Sept. 12, 1985, pg. A-2 and a brochure on "Lester McCoy Pavilion," (City & County of Honolulu:) Dept. of Parks & Rec., 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.

Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978.

Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pg. 42.

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.

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