Walking to the Sky, (sculpture).

Walking to the Sky, (sculpture).

Borofsky, Jonathan, 1942- , sculptor.

Walking to the Sky, (sculpture).

2004. Installed March 2005.

Stainless steel and painted fiberglass.

A row of seven figures representing different races, ages, and genders walking along a stainless steel pole pointed toward the sky. Watching from the ground below are a young boy and his father, and a boy in a baseball cap.

Figure group -- Family -- Father & Child

Figure female -- Child

Ethnic -- African American

Occupation -- Other -- Businessman

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Dallas

On loan to Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, Texas 75201 Accession Number: NSC.2005.A.01

Lent by Borofsky, Jonathan,

Formerly located Rockefeller Center, New York, New York Sept. 2004.

According to Jonathan Borofsky, the sculpture is "a celebration of the human potential for discovering who we are and where we need to go."

Inventory staff, 2009.

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