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    		• Von Huene, Andreas,
     
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    		• Hanson, Carole,
     
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    		• von Huene Designs,
     
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    		• Landscape -- Island
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Atlantic
     
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    Inspiring Discovering, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Von Huene, Andreas, sculptor.
    Hanson, Carole, 1948- , sculptor.
    von Huene Designs, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Inspiring Discovering, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991. October 5, 1991.
    Medium: 
    Swan's Island pink granite and All-heart clear redwood with steel fasteners and earthen berms.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 7 x 300 x 150 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On east face of central stone:) (Inverted triangle comprised of three circles) ARvHH 91 (On south end of fish and waves stone:) CH/91 signed
    Description: 
    Environmental sculpture consists of boulders fitted with benches and rows of earthen berms. Several of the boulders have reliefs with natural or human themes. The paving represents Swan's Island and its points. The spaces between are the bays. The strings of stones represent other islands beyond the world of Swan's Island. Benches are safe havens. There is also a stone boat, which represents the safety of a vessel on the sea.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Island
    Allegory -- Place -- Swan's Island
    Allegory -- Place -- Maine
    Figure
    Animal
    Architecture -- Boat
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Atlantic
    Bench
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Swan's Island School, Superintendent of Schools, Mt. Desert Island, Maine 04660
    Located Swan's Island School, Atlantic, Maine
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Swan Island's Art Committee under the Maine Percent for Art Act for $7,000. The sculpture created a controversy when parents of children in Swan's Island School raised safety issues. Meanwhile, a local community group was raising money to the build a playground on the site. Unaware of each other's projects, the Playground Committee and artists first clashed, then eventually reached a compromise on the use of the space. Other citizens were concerned about the expense. IAS files include the artist's proposal, a Percent for Art record of the work and a related article from the Bar Harbor Times, Sept. 19, 1991.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine 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 ME000400
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