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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Pierce, Patrick, sculptor. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Dates:  1977-1978. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cement over wire mesh; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Larger sculpture: approx. 6 x 9 x 4 ft.; Proper right base: approx. 7 x 30 x 39 in.; Proper left base: approx. 7 x 18 x 28 in.; Smaller sculpture: approx. 31 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. x 50 in.; Base of smaller sculpture: 3 in. x 7 ft. 9 in. x 31 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture composed of two separate pieces, one larger than the other, placed atop separate bases. The sculpture is rough-textured and convoluted in shape. Subject:  Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Raymond Sculpture Owner:  Iber Holmes Gove Middle School, 10 School Street, Inner courtyard, Raymond, New Hampshire 03077 Provenance:  Formerly located Raymond Junior-Senior High School, 10 School Street, Inner courtyard, Raymond, New Hampshire 03077 Remarks:  The sculptor participated in the Artists in the Schools Program, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and managed by the New Hampshire Commission on the Arts. The sculptor was assisted by Art and Humanities students from the seventh through the twelfth grades, who helped to fabricate the wire mesh frame and cover it with cement. At the time the sculpture was created, the school was known as the Raymond Junior-Senior High School. IAS files contain a related excerpt from David Ruell's typescript, "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 290-196. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994. 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 NH000267   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NH000267 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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