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Hymn to Water, (sculpture). Artist:  Horn, Milton, 1906-1995, sculptor. Title:  Hymn to Water, (sculpture). Dates:  1964-1965. Medium:  Perforated bronze. Dimensions:  10 ft. x 24 ft. x 3 in. Description:  The Creative Force emerges from the center amidst clouds, fire and mist to form man out of earth and water. At the right, the sun draws up the rising column of water that swarms with life. A symbolic tree is being watered as mankind gathers the fruits of the earth. On the left, the moon pulls tidal waves in which a whale swims. Subject:  Religion -- Old Testament -- Genesis Religion -- God Allegory -- Life Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial Allegory -- Element -- Water Allegory -- Time Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Music Animal -- Fish Animal -- Bird Animal -- Whale Object Type:  Relief Sculpture Owner:  James W. Jardine Filtration Plant, 1000 East Ohio Street, Administration Building Lobby, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  Commissioned by the City of Chicago for its central filtration plant. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983. Illustration:  Bach, Ira J. and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to Chicago's Public Sculpture," Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983, pg.97. 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 77002001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77002001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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