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Snake Path, (sculpture). Artist:  Smith, Alexis, 1949- , sculptor. Title:  Snake Path, (sculpture). Dates:  Autumn 1992. Dedicated Oct. 24, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Path: multi-colored slate; Book: red granite; Bench: granite. Dimensions:  Path: approx. W. 10 ft. x L. 560 ft.; Book: approx. 7 x 5 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (Inscription on book, carved:) "Then wilt thou not be loth to leave this paradise, but shalt possess a paradise within thee, happier far." (Spine of book:) "Milton's Paradise Lost" PR3560/1667 (Inscription on bench:) "Yet ah! Why should they know their fate, since sorrow never comes too late, and happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise. No more; where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise." unsigned Description:  Footpath formed by a long snake flicking its tongue; the path leads to the terrace of the library. The path meanders past a giant volume of Milton's Paradise Lost and around an island with an inscribed bench and a small tropical garden. Subject:  Landscape -- Road -- Path Animal -- Reptile -- Snake Object -- Written Matter -- Book Literature -- Milton -- Paradise Lost Literature -- Gray -- On a Distant Prospect of Eton College Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- La Jolla Bench Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of California San Diego, Stuart Collection, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 Located University of California San Diego, Outside Central Library, La Jolla, California Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $30,000 given in 1990 to the Stuart Foundation. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Diego survey, 1994. Butler, John, Mrs., 1997. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. 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 CA000703   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000703 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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