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    		• Piene, Otto,
     
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    		• Davis, Joe,
     
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    		• Brigham, Joan,
     
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    		• Schwarz, Allan,
     
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    		• Tingley, John,
     
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    		• Uhlig, Robert,
     
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    		• Fay, Spofford and Thorndike,
     
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    		• GiGi Construction Company,
     
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    		• Halvorson Company,
     
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    		• Monacelli Associates,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
     
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    Galaxy, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Piene, Otto, 1928-2014, sculptor.
    Davis, Joe, 1951- , sculptor.
    Brigham, Joan, 1935- , sculptor.
    Schwarz, Allan, designer.
    Tingley, John, landscape architect.
    Uhlig, Robert, landscape architect.
    Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, engineering firm.
    GiGi Construction Company, contractor.
    Halvorson Company, landscape architect.
    Monacelli Associates, design firm.
    Title: 
    Galaxy, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dec. 1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Steel, stainless steel, bronze, chrome, and granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 6 ft. x Diam. 15 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A landscaped plaza setting with central fountain sculpture and reliefs which incorporate the application of light and technology. The fountain features a large, golden-colored globe encrusted with abstract "continents." Two rings of water spouts spray water on the globe and water collects in the pool below. Benches ring the fountain and are echoed by other benches at the perimeter of the park. In between is a ring of twelve perforated silver sphere moons placed atop metal scaffolding. The surface of each sphere is perforated with a different design. There are also four cast metal reliefs placed in the brick pavers, which mark the cardinal points of the compass. Honey locust trees and greenwave shrubs form a ring around the outer benches.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
    Fountain
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, 255 Main Street, 4th floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
    Located Point Park, Main Street, Broadway & Third Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The plaza project cost $1.4 million and was commissioned by the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority. Partial funding was received from the U.S. Department of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development. The fountain celebrates the four elements: earth, air, fire, water. The twelve "moons" circling the basin indicate phases of the moon.
    The plaque on the side of a nearby planter reads: GALAXY/CAMBRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/SUPERVISING PUBLIC AGENCY/THOMAS J. MURPHY/CHAIRMAN/JACQUELINE S. SULLIVAN/VICE CHAIRMAN/ALAN D. BELL/TREASURER/JOSEPH F. TULIMIERI/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY/UTILIZING FUNDS PROVIDED, IN PART, BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE CAMBRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN 1987 ASSEMBLED/A TEAM OF ARTISTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, URBAN DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS TO COLLABORATE ON A PARK DESIGN TO WELCOME PEOPLE TO THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE AND TO CAMBRIDGE CENTER. THIS/COLLABORATION OF ART AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE HAS SOUGHT TO FULLY INTEGRATE ART WITH URBAN PARK DESIGN AND TO EXPRESS THE HISTORY AND SPIRIT OF THE KENDALL SQUARE COMMUNITY./DECEMBER 1989/THE HALVORSON COMPANY, INC./LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE/FOUNTAIN DESIGNER/FAY, SPOFFORD AND THORNDIKE, INC./ENGINEER/MONACELLI ASSOCIATES, INC./URBAN DESIGN/CMS COLLABORATIVE/FOUNTAIN CONSULTANT/GIGI CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC./GENERAL CONTRACTOR/ARTISTS/MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY/CENTER FOR ADVANCED VISUAL STUDIES/OTTO PIENE/CONCEPT AND DESIGN/JOE DAVIS/SCULPTOR/JOAN BRIGHAM/STEAM ARTIST/ALLAN SCHWARZ/DESIGN COORDINATOR.
    IAS files contain an article from The Boston Globe; and a Jan. 19, 1990 fact sheet on the sculpture from the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority. For additional information see: Leonard 26 (1993).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
    Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston: From Newburyport to Plymouth," Boston: The Harvard Common Press, rev. ed., 1993, pg. 129.
    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 MA000117
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