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Doyle, Timothy,
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Place
Allegory -- Place
Ethnic -- Japanese
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne
Sundial
Sculpture
Helitec I, (sculpture).
Artist:
Doyle, Timothy, sculptor.
Title:
Helitec I, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Helitec One, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 12, 1980.
Medium:
Sculpture: Indiana limestone and stainless steel rod; Foundation: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 2 in. x 55 in. x 2 ft.; Foundation: approx. H. 3 in. x Diam. 10 ft.
Inscription:
(Lower right:) T E Doyle (Upper left, incised:) FORT WAYNE / TAKAOKA (On round bronze plaque on front of foundation, around top:) May we remember one another as constantly as the sun remember us / (around bottom, same inscription in Japanese) / (Center:) Helitec I & II - Sundials by Timothy Doyle / For the people of the sister cities of Ft. Wayne and Takaoka / Dedicated July 1980 and presented by / United Technologies (symbol) Essex Group / In recognition of 50th anniversary of Essex / Helitec I / Reading the Helitec dial / . All readings are made from the center of the shadows and . Eastern standard time is determined by adding or subtracting the solar date correction to the indicated time / . The hour reading shadow is 15 minutes wide. signed
Description:
An abstract sundial with two sets of numbers on the face of the stone, the upper set represent the time in Fort Wayne and the lower set represent the corresponding time in the Fort Wayne sister city of Takaoka, Japan. The sundial is mounted on a circular foundation with a round plaque on the front.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Place -- Takaoka
Allegory -- Place -- Fort Wayne
Ethnic -- Japanese
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Fort Wayne
Sundial
Sculpture
Owner:
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, 311 East Main Street, Lawn, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802
Remarks:
Donated by the Essex Group of United Technologies to celebrate the company's 50th anniversary. Helitec I was dedicated in front of the Performing Arts Center on the first day of the Three Rivers Festival, at the same time a new Japanese rock garden was dedicated there. Its companion piece, Helitec II, was given to Fort Wayne's sister city, Takaoka, Japan, whose citizens gave Fort Wayne the rock garden. Each sculpture reads the time in the city of its placement, as well as that of the corresponding sister city. IAS files contain a related articles from the Fort Wayne News Sentinel, May 29, 1980 and the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, July 18, 1980.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000437
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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