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Gilford Common Ground, (sculpture). Artist:  Birch, Emile A., 1947- , sculptor. Hatab, John, assistant. Thompson, Brad, contractor. Title:  Gilford Common Ground, (sculpture). Dates:  1993. Dedicated June 16, 1993. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Reinforced concrete, cast and chiseled, plastic, and mirror materials. Dimensions:  2 pieces. Taller piece: approx. 183 x 90 x 6 in.; Shorter piece: approx. 96 x 104 x 6 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A semi-abstract sculpture comprised of two pieces placed near each other with a space between them to walk through. The larger piece contains a relief of three mountain tops, with a cutout shape of the sun above them. Inset below the mountains are the depressed shapes of a church, a school, a municipal building, and a house. On the opposite side of the larger piece, the cutout sun becomes a moon amidst six five-pointed stars. The smaller piece contains two mountain peaks out of which grow four overlapping fir trees. Depressed in the fir trees are the separate images of a panda and a golden eagle. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Gilford Architecture -- Civic Architecture -- Domestic -- House Architecture -- Education -- Elementary School Architecture -- Education -- Gilford Elementary School Architecture -- Religious -- Church Landscape -- Mountain Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun Landscape -- Celestial -- Moon Landscape -- Celestial -- Star Animal -- Bear Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Gilford Relief Sculpture Owner:  Gilford School District, Gilford Elementary School, 76 Belknap Mountain Street, Gilford, New Hampshire 03246 Remarks:  The sculpture was created by Emile Birch with assistance from John Hatab and ideas from the students of Gilford Elementary School. Brad Thompson poured the concrete. According to the artist, the sculpture reflects "the mountains of New Hampshire and the peaks on the front of the elementary school building." The artist included the panda bear and the eagle (the school's mascot) as playful elements. IAS files contain a related article from The Citizen (Laconia, NH), June 15, 1993, pg. 3, 10. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. The Citizen (Laconia, NH), June 15, 1993, pg. 3. 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 NH000097   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000097 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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