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    Gondola Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Chamberlain, John, 1927-2011, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Gondola Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Faint Paint, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1981.
    Medium: 
    Painted and chromium-plated steel.
    Dimensions: 
    30 x 202 x 40 in. (76 x 513 x 101.5 cm.).
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Other -- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
    Occupation -- Writer -- Poet
    Occupation -- Education -- Teacher
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Dia Art Foundation, New York, New York
    Provenance: 
    Acquired from Chamberlain, John, Sarasota, Florida 1981.
    Remarks: 
    One of a series of low, horizontal floor sculptures known as "Gondolas," which were titled after poets and fiction writers. This piece was retitled by the artist in 1984. It was originally titled Faint Paint.
    References: 
    Sylvester, Julie, "John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculpture, 1954-1985," NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1986, no. 667.
    Illustration: 
    Sylvester, Julie, "John Chamberlain: A Catalogue Raisonne of the Sculpture, 1954-1985," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1986, pg. 182.
    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 88380637
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