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Seven Hills Park, Somerville, (sculpture). Artist:  Selbert, Clifford, 1953- , sculptor. Title:  Seven Hills Park, Somerville, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted high-density foam, steel, aluminum, brick, granite. Dimensions:  7 sculptures. Each sculpture: approx. H. 3 ft. x W. 3 ft.; Each base: approx. H. 30 ft. x W. 2 ft. Inscription:  (On east side of each base:) (1)SPRING/AS PART OF THE "STINTED COMMONS"/SPRING HILL PROVIDED/EXCELLENT FARM SITES (2)WINTER/THE SITE OF A RE-/VOLUTIONARY WAR/FOR, WINTER HILL ALSO SUPPORTED/ORCHARDS... (3)WALNUT/LIKE ROME, SOM-/ERVILLE WAS ESTAB-/LISHED AMONG SEVEN HILLS... (4)COBBLE/THE JOSEPH BARRELL/HOUSE, DESIGNED BY/CHARLES BULLFINCH,/WAS LOCATED ON/COBBLE HILL... (5)CLARENDON/IN THE 18TH CENTURY,/CLARENDON HILL'S LAND/WAS AGRICULTURAL... (6)PLOUGHED/IN THE 17TH AND 18TH/CENTURIES PLOUGH-/ED HILL WAS USED/PRIMARILY AS GRAZING/... (7)PROSPECT/PROSPECT HILL IS/SOMERVILLE'S MOST/HISTORIC HILL. A/FORT... unsigned Description:  Seven sculptures, each installed atop tall metal poles, depict local landmarks. Spring Hill is a black and white cow weathervane; Winter is an apple tree; Walnut is two clock faces; Cobble is a brick mansion; Clarendon is a silver fish (alewife) swimming; Ploughed is a white frame mansion; and Prospect is a replica of the stone fort now standing on Prospect Hill. Subject:  History -- United States -- Massachusetts Animal -- Cattle Landscape -- Tree -- Apple Tree Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House Animal -- Fish -- Alewife Architecture exterior -- Military -- Fort Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Somerville Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Sommerville, Somerville, Massachusetts Located Davis Square, Near Holland Street, Somerville, Massachusetts References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 MA000877   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000877 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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