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Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks, (sculpture). Artist:  Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985, sculptor. Title:  Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Earth, grass, concrete, and wood. Dimensions:  Approx 2.5 acres. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An earthwork consisting of several mounds and berms, a stream, water elements, walkways, and a bridge. Subject:  Landscape -- Canyon -- Mill Creek Canyon Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Washington -- Kent Earthwork Fountain Site-specific Sculpture Owner:  Coadministered by City of Kent, Kent Arts Commission, 220 South 4th Avenue, City Hall, Kent, Washington 98032 Coadministered by City of Kent, Parks and Recreation Department, 220 South 4th Avenue, City Hall, Kent, Washington 98032 Located Corner of Smith & Titus Streets, Kent, Washington Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $45,000 given in 1980 and 1981 to the City of Kent. Additional funding was provided by the City of Kent, Washington State Arts Commission, Housing and Community Development Block Grant, King County Arts Commission, and contributions from the community. IAS files contain a related brochure titled "Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks." For related information see John Beardsley's "Earthworks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape," New York: Abbeville Press, 1989; and Art in America (July 1986). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Washington survey, 1994. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. 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 WA000085   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WA000085 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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