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Hamrol, Lloyd,
Apex Metal Forming,
Architecture -- Domestic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Gate House, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hamrol, Lloyd, 1937- , sculptor.
Apex Metal Forming, fabricator.
Title:
Gate House, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1986.
Medium:
Sculpture: painted carbon steel; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
3 parts. Each sculpture: approx. 10 ft. x 13 ft. 3/8 in. x 1 1/2 in.; Each base: approx. L. 12 ft. x W. 1 ft. 4 in.
Description:
The sculpture consists of brightly painted strips of steel cut to form the outlines of three separate houses. Each house is painted a different color (red, blue, yellow) and is installed on its own flat rectangular granite base. The houses are placed around a brick plaza area and visitors are able to walk through the open outlines of each house.
Subject:
Architecture -- Domestic -- House
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Council, 57 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Located Front Park, Cambridge Parkway, near Rogers Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned in 1986 by the City of Cambridge through the Cambridge Arts Council's Public Art Program.
Conservation:
Treated 2000 June. Rika Smith McNally and Associates (South Natick, MA). Treatment report on file with conservator.
References:
Cambridge Arts Council, Percent for Art Program, 1990.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Inventory staff, 2000.
SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000.
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 65710036
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