Gravity is a Law in the Material World, Levitation is a Law in the Spiritual World, (sculpture).

Gravity is a Law in the Material World, Levitation is a Law in the Spiritual World, (sculpture).

Collins, Timothy M., sculptor.

Gravity is a Law in the Material World, Levitation is a Law in the Spiritual World, (sculpture).

Sonoma fieldstone, cedar roof shingles, painted steel door with glass panes and copper trim, Plexiglas pool, light, and an electric water pump.

Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 74 in. x 83 in.; Each base: approx. 1.5 x 2 x 2 ft.

The sculpture is a small stone house with a peaked roof made of wood shingles and a black painted metal door with eight glass panes. The viewer is able to look inside the house through the glass panes, but is not able to enter the house. The inside walls of the house are painted white and across the ceiling is a Plexiglas case which holds a pool of water approximately 1/2 to 1 inch deep. An electric pump in the ceiling periodically releases a drop of water into the pool creating concentric rings of water. A light in the ceiling above the pool casts shadows from the rings on the walls and floor of the house. The house is supported with four small stone bases, one at each corner.

Architecture -- Domestic -- House

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sausalito

Administered by City of Sausalito, Department of Community Services, 420 Litho Street, Sausalito, California 94965

Located Tiffany Park, North Street, Sausalito, California

The sculpture was sponsored by Public Art Works with partial funding from the Marin Community Foundation and support from the City of Sausalito and the Sausalito Art Commission. Public Art Works contributed $14,000 to the project. IAS files contain a copy of a Public Art Works document entitled, "Dunphy Park Sculpture Proposal" which describes the history of the sculpture; a blueprint and a sketch of the sculpture dated 1989; and a copy of the agreement between Public Art Works, the City of Sausalito, and Timothy Collins dated January 2, 1990.

The inscription on nearby plaque reads: GRAVITY IF A LAW IN THE MATERIAL WORLD/LEVITATION IS A LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD/TIM COLLINS 1990/IN MEMORY OF JOAN EPPINGER/SPONSORED BY PUBLIC ART WORKS.

Public Art Works, San Rafael, CA, 1991.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1994.

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