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    Mayan Ruins, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Mitchell, William George, 1925- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Mayan Ruins, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1972.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Columns: cast concrete; Base: concrete and stone.
    Dimensions: 
    H. ranges from 2 to 9 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Columns (24 or 26 total) decorated with intricate geometric patterns reminiscent of pre-Columbian ruins, arranged in three clusters.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Architecture -- Ruins
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Maya
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Hawaii -- Niu
    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 Niu Valley Intermediate School, 310 Halemaumau Street, Niu, Hawaii
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Hawaii survey, 1993.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Radford, Georgia & Warren, "Sculpture in the Sun: Hawaii's Art for Open Spaces," Honolulu: University Press of Hawaii, 1978, pg. 67.
    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 87600041
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