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Aspect of the Oracle: Portentous, (sculpture). Artist:  Pineda, Marianna, 1925-1996, sculptor. Fonderia Quastini, founder. Title:  Aspect of the Oracle: Portentous, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Aspects of the Oracle: Portentous, (sculpture). Dates:  1967. Copyrighted 1967. Dedicated 1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete and field stones. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 27 in. x 5 1/2 ft. x 7 ft. Inscription:  (Sculpture, back left corner:) (copyright symbol) M. PINEDA 1967 (On plaque on front of base:) DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF/CONSTANCE E. SMITH/FIRST DEAN OF THE RADCLIFFE INSTITUTE/1961-1970 (On plaque on back of base:) ASPECT OF THE ORACLE: PORTENTOUS/BY MARIANNA PINEDA signed Description:  The sculpture depicts the Delphic oracle receiving prophecy from a fissure in the earth. An elongated female figure is seated on a three-legged stool which rests on a rough patch of ground. Her head is bowed toward her proper right shoulder and her proper left arm is raised with the palm open. Her proper right hand grasps the corner of the stool. Her proper right foot rests against the leg of the stool and her proper left foot dangles in front of the stool. Neither foot touches the ground beneath the stool. The sculpture rests on a base with sloping sides surrounded with loose stones. Subject:  Figure female -- Full length Mythology -- Classical -- Oracle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Located Radcliffe Yard, Brattle Street at corner of James Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 Remarks:  The 1967 "Portentous" developed from a series of six small bronze studies titled "Aspects of the Oracle" which the artist created while working in her residency at Radcliffe's Bunting Institute from 1962-1964. The sculpture was given by the artist and her mother, Marianna A. Packard, as a memorial to Constance Smith, a friend and first dean of Radcliffe's Bunting Institute. IAS files contain an article from Radcliffe's Art Spectrum, April 1992. Although the SOS! survey was completed in 1994, a note was added that the sculpture was cleaned in July 1996. References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988. Harvard University Museums, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts 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 87740148   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740148 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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