African Garden, (sculpture).

African Garden, (sculpture).

Adams, Alice, 1930- , sculptor.

Johnson Atelier, founder.

African Garden, (sculpture).

Cast Feb. to Aug. 1993. Installed Sept. 1, 1993.

Cast iron, fabricated steel - painted, teak wood, purpleheart wood, and cypress wood

Fourteen individual cast iron seats and fabricated steel seats with wood tops. Seats are installed in groupings around the courtyard.

Object -- Furniture -- Chair

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Brooklyn

Administered by City of New York, Board of Education, Public Art for Public Schools, 28-11 Queens Plaza North - Room 513, Long Island City, New York 11101

Located Public School 12, Howard Street & St. Marks, Garden courtyard, Brooklyn, New York

IAS files contain Board of Education's Artist Information Sheet which includes the artist's description of the piece. The artist's detailed description of the use and position of the different types of wood is also included along with a planting plan for the courtyard installation. SOS! survey notes that photographs and slides of the installation are on file with the Art Commission of the City of New York at City Hall.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.

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