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Space Recovery Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Van Tongeren, Herk, 1943-1987, sculptor. Vogel, Harold, 1930- , sculptor. Eisenbarth, Harold, architect. Johnson Atelier, founder. Stone International, contractor. Singranova, fabricator. Wood and Stone Company, fabricator. Title:  Space Recovery Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  March 15, 1988. Medium:  Portuguese black granite, and marble, painted. Dimensions:  Approx. 16 x 25 x 34 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture of an amphitheater in various stages of ruin, comprised of a highly polished black sphere, a shining black cone, a series of pillars, a set of steps, and slanted massive stones, set off by stone left roughly hewn and chalky gray. Slabs of rough-cut marble are exposed on one side of the steps. The sculpture is mounted on an underwater base and rests in a pond next to the shore. Subject:  History -- United States -- Space Program Architecture -- Ruins -- Amphitheatre Architecture -- Classical Architecture -- Detail -- Column Architecture -- Detail -- Stairs Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Fort Pierce Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Museum Programs, 5600 U. S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, Florida 34946 Located Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Pond north of Link Engineering Laboratory, Fort Pierce, Florida 34946 Remarks:  The sculpture was created in recognition of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution's contributions to the Challenger debris underwater search and recovery mission. The artist died in 1987 before the sculpture project was completed. Harold Vogel, founder of Wood and Stone Company, supervised the sculpture project after the artist's death. He oversaw the transfer of the artist's original bronze model into the stone sculpture. Blueprints for this undertaking were prepared by Stone International of Baltimore, Maryland. The Portuguese black granite was quarried and fabricated according the artist's original concept by Singranova in Carvalahal-Aphalhas, Portugal. Architect Harold Eisenbarth, Harbor Branch Construction Services Supervisor, designed the support platform for the sculpture. Nearby plaque reads: SPACE RECOVERY MEMORIAL/SCULPTOR/HERK VAN TONGEREN/INSTALLED MARCH 15, 1988. IAS files contain a related article from Building Stone Magazine (Sept./Oct. 1988): pg. 57-59. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida 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 FL000705   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture FL000705 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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