Herald the Future, (sculpture).

Herald the Future, (sculpture).

Ccopacatty, Peruko, sculptor.

Herald the Future, (sculpture).

Copyrighted 1988. Installed Oct. 1988.

Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: steel, painted.

Sculpture: approx. 20 x 15 x 7 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 15 x 7 ft. (3 tons).

(On inside of female figure's proper right foot:) Ccopacatty (On base below inside of female figure's proper left foot:) (copyright symbol) Ccopacatty signed

Two somewhat abstract figures of a male and female, holding items symbolic of science, art and literature. The figures stand with their backs to each other and their legs extended. The female figure, wearing a mid-thigh length skirt or dress, blows on a trumpet that she holds in her proper right hand. She holds an open book in her raised proper left hand. The male figure holds a book in his lowered proper right hand and raises a triangle in his proper left hand. The sculpture is mounted on a red painted base with four arched sections which create corridors for people to walk through.

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Art

Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Literature

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Trumpet

Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Gaithersburg

Administered by Montgomery County Public Schools, Division of Construction, 850 Hungerford Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850

Located Quince Orchard High School, 15800 Quince Orchard Road, Courtyard, Gaithersburg, Maryland

The sculpture cost $60,000. It was funded by Maryland's One Percent for Art program. IAS files contain an article from The Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star (Norfolk, VA), Feb. 7, 1988, pg. G10; and The Works 2 (July 1988). IAS files also contain a copy of the artist's proposal and a Jan. 12, 1988 memo from the Montgomery County Superintendent of Schools discussing the Commission for the Quince Orchard High School.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.

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