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Green Acres, (sculpture). Artist:  Tacha, Athena, 1936- , sculptor. Reali, Bob, contractor. Reali, Ray, contractor. Bratt, Jim, photographer. Heisserman, William, contractor. Bowes, John, engineer. Daudet, Ralph, engineer. Hoagland's Landscaping & Garden Center, landscape architect. Salvatore Contracting, contractor. Fotolithics, contractor. Wood and Stone, contractor. Title:  Green Acres, (sculpture). Dates:  1986. Copyrighted 1987. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Buff-colored brick, green slate, lava rock, photosandblasted green granite, plants. Dimensions:  Approx. 3 x 77 x 85 ft. Inscription:  (Pavement slab:) Greenacres by Athena Tacha (copyright symbol) 1987/Commissioned by the State of New Jersey signed Description:  "Forty-four photographs of endangered animals and plants of New Jersey, sandblasted on green granite slabs interspersed in green slate pavement." Subject:  Animal Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Trenton Sculpture Owner:  State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection, 401 East State Street, Courtyard, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 Remarks:  Commissioned by the State of New Jersey, through the Public Building Arts Inclusion Act of 1978, with the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, Division of Building and Construction, N.J. Building Authority and Department of Environmental Protection. IAS files contain a brochure which includes the artist's statement on the piece and identification of the photographs and individual photographers. Jim Bratt of Fotolithics did the transparencies for the stencils; William Heisserman of Wood & Stone coordinated the photosandblasting of the granite slabs for the pavement; John Bowes and Ralph Daudet were the engineers who prepared the structural drawings; Hoagland's Landscaping & Garden Center executed the planting and rock placement; and Ray and Bob Reali of Salvatore Contracting built the work. References:  Tacha, Athena, 1991, 1997. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1995. Tacha, Athena, "Dancing in the Landscape: The Sculpture of Athena Tacha," Washington, D.C.: Editions Ariel of Grayson Publishing, 2000, pg. 57. Illustration:  Image on file. "Athena Tacha: Public Works, 1970-1988 A Retrospective Exhibition," High Museum of Art, 1989, pg. 26. 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 74240015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74240015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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