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Freeman, Douglas Olmsted,
Animal -- Bird
Homage -- Ordway, Gladys Ford
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Roseville
Fountain
Sculpture
A Spiral of Birds, (sculpture).
Artist:
Freeman, Douglas Olmsted, 1953- , sculptor.
Title:
A Spiral of Birds, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991. Dedicated Sept. 22, 1991.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Basin: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. 5 in.; Basin: approx. H. 3 ft. x Diam. 12 ft.
Description:
Sculpture of twenty-five birds in flight installed on a cylindric base in a round pool. The birds are perched on three lines which spiral upward, as they take flight. As the sculpture rises, the lines and birds converge into a single line of birds.
Subject:
Animal -- Bird
Homage -- Ordway, Gladys Ford
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Roseville
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Presbyterian Homes of Minnesota, Corporate Office, 3220 Lake Johanna Boulevard, St. Paul, Minnesota 55112
Located Presbyterian Homes Langton Place, 1910 West County Road D, Gladys Ford Ordway Garden Park, Roseville, Minnesota
Remarks:
The fountain and park are a gift of Alexandra Ordway Bjorkland and Pondie Ordway Johnson in memory of their mother, Gladys Ford Ordway. The sculpture was inspired by sketches of a proposed Ordway Park with a fountain as the centerpiece of rose gardens. IAS files include an invitation and program from the dedication.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul 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 MN000277
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000277
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