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Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain (Seasons of the Sea 'Adrift'), (sculpture). Artist:  Roloff, John, 1947- , sculptor. MGA Partners, Associates, architectural firm. Stolte Construction, contractor. NGA Industries, fabricator. WesCo Industries, contractor. Santos and Urrutia Engineers, engineering firm. Title:  Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain (Seasons of the Sea 'Adrift'), (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted steel, glass, ocean sediment, water. Dimensions:  Overall: approx. 20 x 6 x 6 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Site installation of a tall, deep green ship-like structure constructed of painted steel and glass, sitting at a steep angle. Two twelve-inch diameter glass viewports are set flush with the surrounding paving. The viewports allow obscured glimpses of the activity in the convention center hall below ground. Three small metal survey markers are positioned near the ship, near the viewports and on an elevated observation site nearby. The survey markers indicate the actual elevation above sea level at their respective sites. Contained inside the ship, on each of its ribs and along its bottom, are deposits of continental shelf sediment, covered by a sheet of water forming an inner pool at ground level. Also within the ship is a water misting system designed to "seed" natural condensation to promote an interior climate of falling rain. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Architecture -- Boat -- Detail Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by San Francisco Redevelopment Agency, 770 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Yerba Buena Gardens, Third Street, between Mission and Howard, San Francisco, California Remarks:  Nearby plaque: "Deep Gradient/Suspect Terrain/ (Seasons of the Sea "Adrift"). John Roloff with MGA Industries and WesCo Industries. 1993. Painted steel, glass, water, continental shelf sediment, viewports. Collection of the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency." The ocean sediment in the installation was collected from the continental shelf four miles offshore San Francisco. IAS files contain copy of related artist's statement. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994. Roloff, John, 1995. 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 CA001765   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001765 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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