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    Exploding Picnic Table, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Villanueva, Charleston, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Exploding Picnic Table, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1987-1988.
    Medium: 
    Painted pine on concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. L. 160 in. D. 12 in.; Base: approx. H. 5 in. L. 118 in. D. 42 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture made up of wooden planks assembled in a circular formation. The boards overlap each other at various angles and are held together with nails. The ends of the planks are intentionally broken. The planks are painted a brick color and covered with white and lavender hatch marks. Sculpture sits on a rectangular concrete foundation.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object -- Furniture -- Table
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Jacksonville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Visual Arts Department, 2445 San Diego Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32207
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on small metal plaque in front of sculpture reads: "EXPLODING PICNIC TABLE"/CHARLESTON VILLANUEVA/1987-1988.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Jacksonville survey, 1993.
    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 FL000002
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