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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Siebenaler, Paul, sculptor. Ellison, Clark, assistant. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Chris Kerns Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Jan. 1992. Dedicated Dec. 6, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Limestone and granite embedded with a geode, amethyst, ashes, guitar pick, beer bottle tops, Elvis Presley figurine and tray, and Sinatra ash tray. Dimensions:  Approx. 43 in. x 18.5 x 4 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On back lower right of sculpture:) 1992/P. SIEB/CLARK (Along top front of bench:) XXX OOO CHRIS signed Description:  A granite bench set in an outcropping of assembled stone embedded with objects. Under the bench, embedded in mortar, is an amethyst. Above the bench is a geode and behind this are some of Chris Kerns' ashes. Other objects embedded in the piece include a guitar pick, a figurine of Elvis Presley, a tray with Elvis pictured on it, and an ash tray containing the words "Sinatra." Subject:  Homage -- Kerns, Chris Occupation -- Sport -- Cycling Literature -- Fulgrum Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Austin Bench Gravestone Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Austin, Parks & Recreation Department, 200 South Lamar Boulevard, P. O. Box 1088, Austin, Texas 78767 Located Hike & bike trail along Riverside Drive, just west of Lamar Boulevard Bridge, Austin, Texas Remarks:  The sculpture is a memorial to Chris Kerns, a cyclist who died in September 1991. The dimensions of the bench are based on a story Chris Kerns was fond of in the Robert Fulgrum book, "It Was On Fire When I Laid Down On It." The granite was supplied by the Texas Granite Company of Marble Falls, Texas. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas, Austin 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 TX000903   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000903 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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