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(Lafayette BART Station Mosaic Columns), (sculpture). Artist:  Webber, Helen, designer. Pardinas, Alfonso, assistant. Title:  (Lafayette BART Station Mosaic Columns), (sculpture). Dates:  1970s. Medium:  Glass mosaic tiles set into concrete columns. Dimensions:  3 columns. Approx. Diam. 7 ft. 3 in. Inscription:  (On lower part of column on left of station entrance:) Helen Webber (On column to right of station entrance:) I/BELIEVE/THAT A/LEAF/OF/GRASS/IS NO LESS/THAN THE/JOURNEY-/WORK/OF THE/STARS signed Description:  Three mosaic columns are installed under the portico of the bus station about 20 feet apart from each other. The first column, located to the left of the station entrance has a dancing sprite-like figure on one side and a tree on the other. The second column, located to the right of the entrance, contains a quote from Walt Whitman amid curved geometric designs. The third column, on the far right, contains abstract geometric designs and stands in a patch of ivy. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Architecture -- Detail -- Column Literature -- Whitman Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Oakland Mosaic Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Bay Area Rapid Transit Authority, Marketing Services, 800 Madison Avenue, Oakland, California 94612 Located Lafayette BART Station, Oakland, California Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. The sculpture was designed by Helen Webber and the tiles were set by Alfonso Pardinas. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994. 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 CA001850   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001850 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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