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Pinto, Jody,
Harris, Samuel Y.,
Keast and Hood Company,
Nolfi Masonry Corporation,
Kern Structural Enterprises,
Kieran, Timberlake, & Harris,
Architecture -- Bridge
Figure -- Fragment
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Fingerspan, (sculpture).
Artist:
Pinto, Jody, 1942- , sculptor.
Harris, Samuel Y., architect.
Keast and Hood Company, contractor.
Nolfi Masonry Corporation, contractor.
Kern Structural Enterprises, contractor.
Kieran, Timberlake, & Harris, architectural firm.
Title:
Fingerspan, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1980. June 1987. Installed June 23, 1987. Dedicated Oct. 25, 1987.
Medium:
Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Approx. 9 ft. x 59 ft. x 4 ft. 10 in. (18,000 lbs.)
Inscription:
FINGERSPAN/BY/JODY PINTO/COMMISSIONED BY THE/FAIRMOUNT PARK ART ASSOCIATION/DEDICATED 25 OCTOBER 1987/LENGTH: 59 FEET/HEIGHT: 9 FEET/WEIGHT: 18,000 POUND Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A covered footbridge which spans over a gorge of a nature trail. is designed in the form of a finger which is reaching to touch something. It is not perfectly straight, but contoured upward.
Subject:
Architecture -- Bridge -- Footbridge
Figure -- Fragment -- Hand
Object Type:
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located West Fairmount Park, Wissahickon River, near Livezy Lane, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $40,000 given in 1985 to the Fairmount Park Art Association. Commissioned by the Fairmount Park Art Association for the Form and Function Project. Fingerspan was donated to the City of Philadelphia. The span was fabricated in sections and installed by helicopter through Larson Helicopter, Inc.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University, 1992, pg. 256.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
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 PA000190
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