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    		• Rietta, John,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Animal -- Whale
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rietta, John, 1943-1982, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Blue Whale, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted metal on concrete base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft.; Base: approx. H. 27 ft. W. 27 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture made of painted metal on a flat platform which juts out into a pool. The sculpture is in two parts which together form a curve or "U" shape.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Animal -- Whale
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Oak Ridge
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
    Remarks: 
    Inscription on edge of pool is partially worn, but reads: TO OUR CITIZENS WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE IN THE DEFENSE OF THEIR COUNTRY/AND TO THE CAUSE FOR PEACE AND A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL MANKIND, WE/HONOR THEM HERE WITH HUMBLE AND HEARTFELT GRATITUDE./CITY OF OAKRIDGE/NOVEMBER 21, 1970.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    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 TN000136
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