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    		• Roloff, John,
     
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    		• Scott, Mort,
     
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    		• Architecture -- Boat
     
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    		• Disaster -- Shipwreck
     
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    		• Landscape -- Tree
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Arcata
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Humboldt Ship, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Roloff, John, 1947- , sculptor.
    Scott, Mort, welder.
    Title: 
    Humboldt Ship, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1989.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Refractory cement.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 191 x 232 x 41 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture of a ship sinking amidst trees. The sculpture is a cast mold of the port half of the hull of the ship. The rear exterior surface of the mold is rough, but the front surface is smooth. Cast into the front surface are intaglio figures of trees.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Boat -- Ship
    Disaster -- Shipwreck
    Landscape -- Tree
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Arcata
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Humboldt State University, Arcata, California 95521
    Located Humboldt State University, B Street and Laurel Drive, Arcata, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by C.S.U. Summer Arts '89 and made with the participation of faculty and students in the Ceramic Sculpture Workshop. It was constructed by pouring refractory cement around a wooden form in the shape of a ship's hull, and with the use of Kaowool (a high-tech insulation material) simultaneously burning the wooden form and firing the cement with propane burners. IAS files contain related articles from the Times Standard (Eureka, CA), Sept. 24, 1989, and Humboldt Stater (Arcata, CA), Fall, 1989, and exhibition brochure. Nearby plaque reads: "Humboldt Ship/John Roloff, 1989/Commissioned by C.S.U. Summer Arts/A Gift to Humboldt State University."
    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 CA000464
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