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Wheeler, Joe,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Site-specific
Sculpture
Common Ground, (sculpture).
Artist:
Wheeler, Joe, sculptor.
Title:
Common Ground, (sculpture).
Dates:
1982.
Medium:
Sandstone, granite, concrete.
Dimensions:
Approx. 150 x 513 x 190 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Site installation of five upright boulders leading up concrete stairs to a round platform on which stand two tall sandstone obelisks. There is a pathway between the obelisks leading to a ramp on the other side which has five rounded boulders placed on it.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Seattle
Site-specific
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Seattle, Seattle Arts Commission, 312 1st Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109
Located Benefit Playground, 39th Avenue South & South Benefit Street, Seattle, Washington
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by the Southeast Seattle Arts Council, the South East Effective Development, residents of Beacon Hill and the Seattle Arts Commission.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994.
Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 266-267.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Rupp, James, "Art in Seattle's Public Places", Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1992, pg. 266.
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 WA000592
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