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Dorrien, Carlos,
Architecture exterior -- Detail
Architecture -- Ruins
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Quiet Cornerstone, (sculpture).
Artist:
Dorrien, Carlos, 1948- , sculptor.
Title:
Quiet Cornerstone, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Quiet Stone, (sculpture).
Dates:
1986.
Medium:
Granite.
Dimensions:
Approx. 3 ft. x 12 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On long side:) NEWTOWN MARKE (K & E partial letters only) (On short side:) E MARKET (E & M partial letters only)
Description:
The remainder of a cornerstone of a building, includes 3 carved blocks, with text on 2 sides, surrounded by 2 circular rows of stones set into the ground.
Subject:
Architecture exterior -- Detail -- Cornerstone
Architecture -- Ruins
Allegory -- Other -- Memory
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Cambridge, Cambridge Arts Council, 57 Inman Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Located Winthrop Park, John F. Kennedy & Winthrop Streets, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by the City of Cambridge and the Program on Public Space Partnership, Kennedy School at Harvard, in 1986. Cambridge was once called Newtown Market.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Cambridge Arts Council, Percent for Art Program, 1990.
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 65710032
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