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    		• Kimmelman, Harold,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Waterscape -- Sea
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
     
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    Underwater Sunscreen, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kimmelman, Harold, 1923- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Underwater Sunscreen, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1969. Installed Aug. 1971.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless steel and bronze, painted; Base: iron pipe, painted.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 17 in. x 20 ft. x 15 ft.
    Description: 
    Abstract sculpture made of a long continuous strip of 1/32 in. thick x 8 in. wide stainless steel bent into a twisting ribbon. The ribbon is supported by four poles. Three 3 ft. long by 2 in. thick bronze fish appear just below the ribbon. The fish are attached to the ribbon with two bolts on there dorsal fins and one at the top of their caudal fins. The sculpture functions as a canopy covering the front 15 ft. of a 20 foot pool deck. The shadows the sculpture casts are a carefully planned element.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Waterscape -- Sea
    Animal -- Fish
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Philadelphia, Department of Recreation, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
    Located Lawncrest Recreation Center, 6000 Rising Sun Avenue, Pool deck, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    This piece was installed under the Redevelopment Authority's One Percent Fine Arts Program. It was commissioned by Edward Onufer of the Kuljian Corporation and approved by the Art Commission in Aug. 1969. The support poles are not part of the sculptor's original concept.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    City of Philadelphia, 1973.
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 328.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 328.
    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 75009386
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