Double Star: Antares, (sculpture).

Double Star: Antares, (sculpture).

Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor.

Chronis & Associates, contractor.

Double Star: Antares, (sculpture).

Antares, (sculpture).

1987. Copyrighted 1987. Dedicated Sept. 30, 1988.

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Brick with steel rod supports.

Approx. 9 x 65 x 56 ft.

(On tallest north wall closest to the road:) DOUBLE STAR/ANTARES/(copyright symbol) 1987/ATHENA TACHA/CONTRACTOR/REECE CAMPBELL (Names of major contributors appear on two of the brick walls on the north part of the sculpture closest to Erie Avenue) signed

"The sculpture is a maze of 27 brick walls that radiate out from a center point. There are three graduating sizes of the walls with 4 inch gaps between the alternating brick work. From an aerial perspective the walls form an abstract star. Where the walls meet small wooden benches act as braces. Steel rods support the brick walls and anchor them to the ground. The wall heights range from 3 1/2 ft. to 9 ft."

Abstract -- Geometric

Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Cincinnati

Administered by City of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Recreation Commission, 805 Central Avenue, Suite 800, Two Centennial Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Located Hyde Park, Near Intersection of Erie & Marburg Avenues, Cincinnati, Ohio

Commissioned by the Cincinnati Sculpture Council and the Hyde Park Neighborhood Council for the city's bicentennial in 1988. Funded by the Ohio Arts Council, Cincinnati Sculpture Council, the Fine Arts Fund, and private donations. The sculpture is named for Antares, the double star discovered in 1845 by Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, founder of the Mount Lookout Observatory.

IAS files contain a copy of a fund raising flyer, and copies of articles from Cincinnati Post, March 16, 1987, which discuss Tacha's proposal for the sculpture; Eastern Hills Journal, Feb. 18, 1987, which discusses fund raising; Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. 20, 1987, which discusses construction and continued fund raising; Cincinnati Post, Sept. 27, 1988, which mentions upcoming dedication; Eastern Hills Journal, Oct. 5, 1988, which discusses dedication; Cincinnati Enquirer, April 25, 1989 and June 13, 1989, both of which discuss damage by vandals; and Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 3, 1989, which discusses subsequent repair of damage. In 1997, the artist noted that the "one wall that was tipped over by vandals was either shortened by a couple of feet or removed, and visible steel bracing was used on several other walls."

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cincinnati survey, 1993.

Tacha, Athena, 1991, 1997.

Cincinnati Enquirer, Oct. 3, 1989.

Cincinnati Enquirer, June 13, 1989.

Cincinnati Enquirer, April 25, 1989.

Eastern Hills Journal, Oct. 5, 1988.

Cincinnati Post, Sept. 27, 1988.

Cincinnati Enquirer, Dec. 20, 1987.

Cincinnati Post, March 16, 1987.

Eastern Hills Journal, February 18, 1987.

Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 101.

"Athena Tacha Public Works, 1970-1988 A Retrospective Exhibition," High Museum of Art, 1989, pg. 27.

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