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Landscape -- Tree
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Wish Tree, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Wish Tree, (sculpture).
Dates:
2000.
Medium:
Ginko tree and Georgia gray granite.
Inscription:
(On boulder plaque:) Wish Tree for Detroit/Whisper your wish/to the bark of the tree/yoko ono/2000 spring
Description:
A Ginko tree planted next to a boulder bearing a small inscription plaque.
Subject:
Landscape -- Tree -- Ginko Tree
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Located Robert Hurst Park, Grand River at Times Square, Detroit, Michigan
Remarks:
This wish tree is one of many Yoko Ono has dedicated in cities all over the world. The wish tree is symbolic of the Japanese tradition of tying notes containing wishes to bushes and trees outside temples and shrines.
References:
Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.
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 78000028
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