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    		• Smith, Tony,
     
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    		• Walters, George,
     
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    		• Yamanka, Jack,
     
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    		• Hawaiian Welding Company,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Emblem -- Zodiac
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The Fourth Sign, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Smith, Tony, 1912-1980, sculptor.
    Walters, George, 1926-1976, landscape architect.
    Yamanka, Jack, contractor.
    Hawaiian Welding Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    The Fourth Sign, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1976 or 1977.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted steel; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 18 ft. 8 in. x 17 ft. 9 in. x 9 ft.; Each foundation: approx. H. 5 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Monumental abstract sculpture with one geometric welded steel form and two arches. Meets ground at 3 points on cement trapezoid bases. Color is black matte, smooth texture overall. Piece may be symbolic of astrological sign of Cancer, with crab-like position.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Emblem -- Zodiac
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Honolulu
    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 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lawn behind Department of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $20,000 given in 1969 to Hawaii Foundation of Arts and Culture. Additional funding was provided by Hawaii Foundation of Arts and Culture. The sculpture was a gift from the artist to the University of Hawaii. Tony Smith had been a visiting professor on campus several years prior to the creation of this sculpture. The cost was $54,000. Landscaping ($25,000) was done by George Walters. The sculpture was constructed under the direction of Jack Yamanaka at Hawaii Welding Co. SOS! survey lists execution date as 1976; State Foundation exhibition catalog gave execution year as 1977. IAS files contain related newsclipping from Sunday Star-Bulletin and Advertiser, Sept. 5, 1976, C-8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1994.
    State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (Honolulu), 1987, "Retrospective 1967-1987."
    Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    "Retrospective 1967-1987," State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, 1987, pg. 138-139.
    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 87620036
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