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Berlin Wall Segment with Graffiti, (sculpture). Artist:  Grope, Jurden, sculptor. Title:  Berlin Wall Segment with Graffiti, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Berlin Wall with Graffiti, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Painted concrete with visible steel rod reinforcement bars; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 12 x 8 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 2 in. x 9 ft. x 9 ft. (11,905 lbs.). Inscription:  (On left panel:) PAINT/POW WOW/SMASH/NOR/MALE/POLITIX/WIR (On right panel:) STELAS OF [illegible]/INDIANO/ACT/UP!/NOW/LANGST (signed and dated by the artist) Berlin, 1990 signed Description:  Two segments of the Berlin Wall stand side-by-side. Each has a grotesque face, text and various scrawled images. Subject:  History -- Germany -- Berlin Wall Figure -- Fragment -- Face Ethnic -- German Allegory -- Civic -- Communism Architecture -- Detail -- Wall Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Trammell Crow Family Administration, Art Administration, 4814 Bengal Street, #1, Dallas, Texas 75235 Located Loews Anatole Hotel, 2201 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, Texas Provenance:  Formerly located East Berlin, East Germany 1961-1990. Remarks:  These are two segments of the Berlin Wall which separated East and West Germany until the country was unified in 1990. The artist added to and enhanced the graffiti drawn over the years by unknown artists. Commemorative plaque reads: Berlin Wall with Graffiti/Symbols of freedom measuring twelve feet high and four feet wide, these two massive segments of the Berlin wall weigh a total of 11,905 pounds.//A German artist, Jurden Grope, has added his person (sic) touch to the concrete structures by painting the words "wir" meaning "we" and "langst" meaning "a long length of time." He signed and dated them: Berlin, 1990. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Dallas survey, 1992. 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 TX000264   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000264 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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