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Kinnebrew, Joseph,
Wold, Bowers, Deshame & Covert,
Triangle Associates,
Abstract -- Geometric
Animal -- Fish
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Sculpture
Grand River Sculpture and Fish Ladder, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kinnebrew, Joseph, 1942- , sculptor.
Wold, Bowers, Deshame & Covert, architectural firm.
Triangle Associates, contractor.
Title:
Grand River Sculpture and Fish Ladder, (sculpture).
Dates:
1974. Dedicated June 6, 1975.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 34 x 60 x 60 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A large concrete structure built over a functional "fish ladder" in the Grand River. The "fish ladder" was devised to help spawning fish in their swim upstream. Visitors can watch the fish from observation areas.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Animal -- Fish
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Grand Rapids, Parks and Recreation Department, 201 Market Street, S.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
Located Front & Fourth Streets, N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan
Remarks:
When the Michigan Department of Natural Resources decided to build a fish ladder to help spawning fish swim up the Grand River, artist Joseph Kinnebrew suggested that a viewing structure be built over the fish ladder to allow visitors to observe the fish. The Department of Natural Resources provided funds for the ladder, but various organizations, including the National Endowment for the Arts, contributed funds for Kinnebrew's concrete viewing structure. Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $40,000 given in 1974 to the Arts Council of Grand Rapids. IAS files contain excerpts from a sculpture brochure that includes statements by the artist and the project director.
The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: THIS GRAND RIVER SCULPTURE/AND FISH LADDER WAS DEDICATED/ON JUNE 6, 1975 AS A STATEMENT/OF THE AESTHETIC SIGNIFICANCE/OF OUR ENVIRONMENT/SCULPTOR: JOSEPH E. KINNEBREW, IV/ARCHITECT: WOLD, BOWERS, DESHAME & COVERT/CONTRACTOR: TRIANGLE ASSOCIATES, INC./MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTICIPANTS/NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS/UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR/MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES/ASSOCIATED TRUCK LINES FOUNDATION/MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS/CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS/GRAND RAPIDS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE/GRAND RAPIDS ART MUSEUM/THE GRAND RAPIDS FOUNDATION/DEXTER CHARITABLE TRUST/THOMAS ERLER SEIDMAN FOUNDATION/GRAND RAPIDS MUSEUM ASSOCIATION.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Grand Rapids Public Library, 1976.
Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 74.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg.74.
Grand Rapids Press, Jan. 1, 1976.
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 76000739
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