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Lawrence Halprin & Associates,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Fountain
Sculpture
(Skyline Park Sculpture), (sculpture).
Artist:
Lawrence Halprin & Associates, architectural firm.
Title:
(Skyline Park Sculpture), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 1973.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: concrete over wire mesh; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 153 x 1008 x 300 in.; Base: approx. 5 1/2 x 1116 x 360 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A fountain sculpture consisting of three large pieces, rosy-beige in color, made to look like rock outcroppings. Water cascades down the sides of the rocks into pools below. The rocks have steps in them, inviting the public to climb on the sculpture. Built in lights reflect down into the pools.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City & County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture, and Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80204
Located Skyline Park, 15th Street, Arapahoe Street & 16th Street, Denver, Colorado
Remarks:
Skyline Park consists of three plazas, each containing fountains and sculpture. Skyline Park was designed by Halprin & Associates, as part of a larger 27 block urban renewal plan (Skyline Denver), a federally-assisted program administered by Denver Urban Renewal Authority (DURA). Skyline Park was completed in late 1974 and won an outstanding merit award presented by the American Association of Nurserymen.
Nearby plaque reads: "SKYLINE PARK/IN 1967 THE CITIZENS OF DENVER VOTED TO RENEW A BLIGHTED AREA/OF THE CITY. THE RECONSTRUCTION BECAME KNOWN AS THE SKYLINE/URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, WHICH WAS PLANNED AND UNDERTAKEN BY THE/DENVER URBAN RENEWAL AUTHORITY IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY AND/COUNTY OF DENVER AND THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING/AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT./THE VISUAL CENTER OF THE SKYLINE PROJECT IS THIS PUBLIC PARK/DESIGNED BY LAWRENCE HALPRIN AND ASSOCIATES. IT WAS COMPLETED/AND DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF DENVER BY DURA IN 1973. THIS/PARK WAS CREATED AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MAY PAUSE A WHILE TO/ENJOY ITS BEAUTY AND TO BE THEMSELVES RENEWED."
IAS files contain related excerpts from Lawrence Halprin's "Lawrence Halprin: Changing Places : [Exhibition] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 3 July-24 August 1986, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, c1986; and from "Skyline Denver," pg. 1-2, 15, 19-20 (on file at Western History Department, Denver Public Library.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Halprin, Lawrence, "Lawrence Halprin: Changing Places: [Exhibition] San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 3 July-24 August 1986," San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, c1986, pg. 137.
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 CO000501
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