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Katzer, Elaine,
Waterscape -- Sea
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Chula Vista
Fountain
Sculpture
Sea Chanty, (sculpture).
Artist:
Katzer, Elaine, sculptor.
Title:
Sea Chanty, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Jan. 18, 1978.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: fired terra cotta clay or stoneware, enameled; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 22 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 10 in.; Base: 20 in. x 35 ft. x 17 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Abstract representation of ocean foam created by waves, set in a fountain pool.
Subject:
Waterscape -- Sea
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Chula Vista
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Chula Vista, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California 91910
Located Chula Vista Public Library, 365 F Street, Chula Vista, California
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $5,000 given in 1977 to the City of Chula Vista, and federal revenue-sharing funds from the City, including $2,000 contingency funds. Parts of the sculpture may have been painted over using different colors in an attempt to repair it. IAS files contain related articles from: The Age (California), Feb. 1, 1978; Star News (California), July 31, 1977; Tribune (San Diego, CA), Oct. 2, 1987, pg. B5; and San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA), Feb. 5, 1994. IAS files also contain copy of Dedication Program and an excerpt from Elsbeth Woody's "Hand building Ceramic Forms," Farrar Strauss Giroux, 1978, pg. 143-151. For related articles see: San Diego Union Tribune (San Diego, CA), Feb. 11, 1988; Chula Vista Star News (Chula Vista, CA), Oct. 20, 1977, and Jan. 12, 1978; and Chula Vista Star News, Feb. 11, 1988. SOS! survey form listed media as terra cotta; newspaper clipping from The Age (Feb. 1, 1978) gave stoneware as media.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1993.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Tribune (San Diego, CA), Oct. 2, 1987: pg. B5.
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 CA000593
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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