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    		• Lynds, Clyde,
     
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    		• Lynds, Jennifer,
     
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    		• Sullivan Associates,
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Indian
     
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    		• Landscape -- Celestial
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Allegory -- Civic
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Vineland
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Light fixture
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    American Sunrise, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Lynds, Clyde, 1936- , sculptor.
    Lynds, Jennifer, assistant.
    Sullivan Associates, architectural firm.
    Title: 
    American Sunrise, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1990.
    Medium: 
    Reinforced cast and carved concrete and optical fiber.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 4 ft. x 16 ft. x 4 in.
    Description: 
    Over the entrance to the building is a carved concrete lintel with optical fiber elements. Relief images carved into the lintel include the stars and stripes, Native-American petroglyphs, an eagle's wing, Liberty's crown, and a sunrise symbol. The sculpture is lit by night with a program of changing colors and forms, which take several days to be seen completely.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Ethnic -- Indian
    Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Vineland
    Relief
    Light fixture
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    New Jersey Memorial Home, 524 Northwest Boulevard, Above entrance, Vineland, New Jersey 08360
    Remarks: 
    A nearby plaque reads: AMERICAN SUNRISE/1990/CONCRETE & OPTICAL FIBERS/CLYDE LYNDS/COMMISSIONED UNDER THE PUBLIC BUILDING ARTS INCLUSION ACT/OF 1978/NEW JERSEY STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS/DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The sculpture was intended as a welcoming sign. The sculpture cost $69,200. IAS files contain a copy of the proposal for the sculpture submitted by the artist in April 1989; an article from the New York Times, Aug. 12, 1990; and a pamphlet entitled "American Sunrise Emeritus, 1989-1992."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994.
    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 NJ000357
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