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Davis, David E.,
Kauer, Susan,
Roll-Fab, Inc.,
Chacos & Associates,
Knight & Stoller,
Abstract
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Beachwood
Sculpture
Bridge to Knowledge, (sculpture).
Artist:
Davis, David E., 1920-2002, sculptor.
Kauer, Susan, landscape architect.
Roll-Fab, Inc., fabricator.
Chacos & Associates, engineering firm.
Knight & Stoller, landscape architects.
Title:
Bridge to Knowledge, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983. Dedicated Sept. 16, 1984.
Medium:
Sculpture: aluminum, stainless steel, and carbon steel, painted; Base: steel and concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 x 60 x 9 ft.; Base: approx. L. 60 ft.
Description:
The sculpture consists of a row of eighteen stainless steel tetrahedra that rest on a sixty-foot long steel I-beam. Under the steel beam are concrete posts submerged beneath five-foot high mounds of earth which are covered with myrtle. The mounds of earth, or berms, are set at intervals which repeat the theme of the library's serpentine wall. The tetrahedra symbolize cuneiforms which are the earliest known form of writing.
Subject:
Abstract
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Beachwood
Sculpture
Owner:
Cuyahoga Public Library, Beachwood Library, 25501 Shaker Boulevard, East lawn, Beachwood, Ohio 44122
Remarks:
The library's art committee, through meeting with the School Board, the Friends of Beachwood Library, the City Council, and the general public, proposed a $50,000 art budget. The funding came from interest on the 1979 library bond. David Davis was one of three Cleveland area artists selected and IAS files contain a copy of the artist's 1983 proposal for the sculpture. IAS files also contain related articles from the Library Journal (Dec. 1984): pg. 22-23 and the Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Sept. 16, 1984. Inscription on plaque in front of sculpture reads: Bridge to Knowledge/by/David Davis/1984.
References:
Brevard Art Center & Museum, "David E. Davis: New Sculpture, 1984-1988."
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Brevard Art Center & Museum, "David E. Davis: New Sculpture, 1984-1988," pg. 41.
Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), Sept. 16, 1984.
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 74130115
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Inventory of American Sculpture
74130115
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