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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Burke, Kate, 1952- ,     Allegory -- Place     Animal -- Fish     Animal -- Fish     Animal -- Bird     Animal -- Wolf     Landscape -- Plant     Object -- Foodstuff     Object -- Foliage     Object -- Foodstuff     Object -- Vegetable     Object -- Fruit     Landscape -- Tree     Relief     Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis     Sculpture

Manhole Cover Art, "Hail Minnesota," (sculpture). Artist:  Burke, Kate, 1952- , sculptor. Title:  Manhole Cover Art, "Hail Minnesota," (sculpture). Dates:  Commisioned 1990. Installed Summer 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cast iron. Dimensions:  75 covers. 40 covers: approx. Diam. 26 in. 35 covers: approx. Diam. 29 in. Inscription:  (Around each cover:) NICOLLET MALL/CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS unsigned Description:  Seventy-five manhole covers located on a pedestrian walk in an eleven block area. The relief images on the covers are images of the Minnesota state flower, fish, bird, tree, grain, and fruit. The eleven different designs depict a Lady Slipper, a Walleye, a Northern Pike, a Loon, a Norway Pine, Wild Rice, Apples, Corn, Wheat, Oats, and a Timberwolf. The title "Hail Minnesota" is the state motto. Subject:  Allegory -- Place -- Minnesota Animal -- Fish -- Walleye Animal -- Fish -- Northern Pike Animal -- Bird -- Loon Animal -- Wolf Landscape -- Plant -- Lady's Slipper Object -- Foodstuff -- Rice Object -- Foliage -- Wheat Object -- Foodstuff -- Oats Object -- Vegetable -- Corn Object -- Fruit -- Apple Landscape -- Tree -- Pine Tree Object Type:  Relief Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall Implementation Board, 315 East Grant Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404 Located Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota Remarks:  The total commission was for seventy-five manhole covers. Forty covers at 26 inches in diameter were commissioned by the City of Minneapolis, Nicollet Mall Implementation Board. Thirty-five covers at 29 inches in diameter (with a wider rim) were commissioned by the Northern States Power Company. Although the covers are unsigned, the covers are inscribed with the artist's initials, a logo, or a name. IAS files contain a publication of the Nicollet Mall Implementation Board, Summer 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Burke, Kate, 2008. 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 MN000119   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000119 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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