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Vessel, (sculpture). Artist:  Gardiner, Be, 1950- , sculptor. Schuster, Steven, architect. Clearscapes, architectural firm. Title:  Vessel, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned April 5, 1994. Installed June 13, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Tennessee rose marble; Foundation: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 78 x 38 x 16 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture of an armless sentinel turning its head to the proper right and dipping its shoulder. Its proper left shoulder is raised and its proper left leg is extended. The figure is carved in broad textured planes, many triangular in form. The proper left leg and the face are modelled naturalistically. The face is only partially rendered. The sculpture is anchored to a concrete slab. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Figure Allegory -- Other -- Vigilance Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Butner Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of North Carolina, Department of Cultural Resources, North Carolina Arts Council, 221 East Lane Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27601 Located Meadowview Cottage, Murdoch Center at E Street, near intersection of 29th Street & E Street, Butner, North Carolina Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned for $5,300 by the North Carolina Arts Council as part of the Art-in-State Buildings Program. It was installed as part of a renovation project for Meadowview Cottage by Clearscapes architectural firm, with Steven Schuster as the project architect. The sculpture is drawn from the artist's Guardian Angel series. The label on the sidewalk at the foot of the sculpture reads: BE GARDINER/AMERICAN, b. 1950/1994 Vessel/Rose marble/Artworks for State Buildings Collection. IAS files contain: a copy of the April 1994 commissioning agreement; announcements and correspondence from the North Carolina Arts Council pertaining to the selection and commissioning of the sculpture, including diagrams of Meadowview Cottage renovation project by Clearscapes; a copy of the Artwork Specification Form, North Carolina Works for State Buildings Program, Artist Contract, Schedules A, B, and C; and a North Carolina Department of Administration memorandum, Aug. 16, 1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina 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 NC000426   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NC000426 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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