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Horan, Suzi Pleyte,
Abstract
Performing Arts -- Music
Figure group -- Male
Bench
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
Mosaic
Sculpture
Neumes 'O Hawaii, (sculpture).
Artist:
Horan, Suzi Pleyte, sculptor.
Title:
Neumes 'O Hawaii, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Musical Notations of Hawaii, (sculpture).
Dates:
1973 or 1976.
Medium:
Ceramic and concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 19 in. x 9 ft. x 9 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A planter box made of colorful ceramic tiles embedded in concrete, designed to serve as a seating area in University courtyard. There are abstract incisions and musical notations, staffs, and notes carved all over the surface. There are tiny stick drawings of men incised on the top surface.
Subject:
Abstract
Performing Arts -- Music
Figure group -- Male
Object Type:
Bench
Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
Mosaic
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Program, 250 South Hotel Street, 2nd Floor, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Located Kapiolani Community College at Manoa, Orvis Auditorium, Honolulu, Hawaii
Remarks:
According to the artist, the design and surfaces of the sculpture were inspired by old German musical notations. State Foundation reported execution date as 1976; SOS! survey report listed date as 1973.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
State of Hawaii, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, 1991.
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 66260034
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