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    		• Brown, Joan,
     
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    Obelisk, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Brown, Joan, 1938-1990, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Obelisk, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Four Seasons Obelisk, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Feb. 1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Ceramic tile.
    Dimensions: 
    Irregular: approx. H. 77 in.; Each of four sides: W. 23 in. with triangular top.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Four-sided obelisk covered with circular tiles each with 3/4 in. diameter. Each side (one light blue, one red, one yellow, one white) has a single tall, narrow green bush in the center. In addition: on the blue and yellow panels 1 1/2 butterflies appear near the top; on the red panel a white sea gull appears on the top; and on the white side, a single butterfly appears at the top, a sea gull stands at the bottom.
    Subject: 
    Landscape -- Plant
    Animal -- Insect -- Butterfly
    Animal -- Bird -- Gull
    Allegory -- Season
    Object Type: 
    Obelisk
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Hines Interests Limited Partnership, 101 California Street, Suite 4500, San Francisco, California 94111
    Located 343 Sansome Street, 15th Floor Roof Garden, San Francisco, California
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
    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 CA000025
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