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    		• Parsons, Ivy,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Berlin
     
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    		• Mosaic
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Parsons, Ivy, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    BES Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Buckingham Elementary School Sculpture, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990. Dedicated 1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: concrete, metal, clay tiles, agate, shells, and geodes; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 12 ft. x 4 ft. 10 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A large arching amorphous form with seven fin-like projections along the top designed to be evocative of a wave or marine theme. The sculpture is shaped with a huge armature of metal tubing and wire to which concrete is applied. The surface of the concrete is embedded with translucent geodes, agate stones, and circular tiles of clay filled with shells and imprints of starfish and seahorses.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Berlin
    Mosaic
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Worcester County Public Schools, Public Schools, 6270 Worcester Highway, Newark, Maryland 21841
    Located Buckingham Elementary School, 100 Buckingham Road, Berlin, Maryland
    Remarks: 
    Ivy Parsons designed the sculpture and was assisted by art teacher Kathy Kuhn's fifth grade students at Buckingham Elementary School. The students created clay tiles filled with shells and imprints of shells that the artist incorporated into the sculpture. The sculpture was erected during the 1989-1990 school year and was a project was supported by a grant from the Artist in Education Program. The Buckingham Elementary School's PTA contributed funds for supplies. A nearby plaque reads: Sculpture/by/Ivy Parsons/and Kathy Kuhn's 5th Grade Classes/Spring, 1991.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland 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 MD000433
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