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    		• Reboso, Monolo,
     
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    		• History -- Cuba
     
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    		• Homage
     
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    		• Travel -- Water
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
     
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    		• Fountain
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Empty Raft Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Reboso, Monolo, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Empty Raft Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    La Balsa Vacia, (sculpture).
    Medium: 
    Wood.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 2 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    "This wooden raft, which is permanently anchored in Biscayne Bay, was modeled after many of the makeshift floating objects in which refugees have attempted the journey [from Cuba to Miami]."
    Subject: 
    History -- Cuba
    Homage
    Travel -- Water
    Allegory -- Other -- Survival
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Florida -- Miami
    Fountain
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Cuban Committee for Liberation, 7300 N.W. 35th Terrace, Miami, Florida
    Located Biscayne Bay, anchored off of Virginia Key, Miami, Florida
    Remarks: 
    This monument is in honor of the more than 10,000 who died at sea trying to escape from Cuba.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida, Miami survey, 1995.
    Metro-Dade Center, Art in Public Places, 1988.
    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 66310029
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