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Transit, (sculpture). Artist:  Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor. Moore, Robert C., photographer. Heisserman, William, contractor. Solid Rock Company, contractor. Enterprise Builders, contractor. United Stone America, contractor. John Bowes & Associates, engineering firm. Girard & Company, engineering firm. Title:  Transit, (sculpture). Dates:  1991-1993. Copyrighted 1992. Medium:  Sculpture: pink concrete columns faced with mahogany granite and black absolute granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 18 x 30 x 55 ft. Inscription:  (Sandblasted on half slab of black granite, at top of the shortest pillar:) TRANSIT BY ATHENA TACHA (copyright symbol) 1992/Commissioned by the State of Connecticut for the Department of Transportation through the Department of Public Works and Connecticut Commission on the Arts signed Description:  A curved, double colonnade of square pillars, each measuring 16 in. x 16 in., progressing in height from 6 ft. to 18 ft. Inset at eye level on the granite-faced side of each pillar is a 16 in. x 16 in. plaque. These plaques are sandblasted with photographs that illustrate major accomplishments of the Department of Transportation. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Occupation -- Transportation Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Newington Sculpture Owner:  State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation, 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Front Entrance, Newington, Connecticut 06111 Remarks:  The photographs and inscriptions were sandblasted on the granite plaques by William Heisserman of Solid Rock Company; the photographs were taken by Department of Transportation photographer, Robert C. Moore; and the stencils for the images were made by Cooper Graphics. The concrete columns were built by Enterprise Builders and the granite was set by United Stone America. The engineering firms for the project were John Bowes & Associates and Girard & Company. This sculpture is one of two by the artist installed at the Newington location for the Connecticut Department of Transportation. Both sculptures were commissioned through the Department of Public Works and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. IAS files contain a brochure on the sculpture which describes the subject of each of the sandblasted photographs and includes the artist's statement about the piece. References:  Tacha, Athena, 1997. Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 127. Related Works:  Companion to: 74240025. 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 74240024   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74240024 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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