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Hadzi, Dimitri,
Abstract
Homage -- Kennedy, John F.
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Thermopylae, (sculpture).
Artist:
Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006, sculptor.
Title:
Thermopylae, (sculpture).
Dates:
1966.
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 16 ft. (2 1/2 tons).
Description:
An abstract sculpture composed of organic forms radiating from a central mass which stands on three legs. The sculpture is installed in the plaza next the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building.
Subject:
Abstract
Homage -- Kennedy, John F.
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston
Sculpture
Owner:
City Hall Plaza, Cambridge & Sudbury Streets, next to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, Massachusetts
Remarks:
The inscription on a plaque embedded in the concrete at the foot of the sculpture reads: "THERMOPYLAE"/DIMITRI HADZI, SCULPTOR/"THERMOPYLAE", WHICH IS A 12-FOOT HIGH, 2-1/2 TON BRONZE SCULPTURE, WAS INSPIRED,/"PROFILES IN COURAGE" AND THE BRILLIANT WAR RECORD OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY,/IT IS NAMED AFTER THE GREEK BATTLE WHERE THE SPARTANS, IN A DISPLAY OF GREAT/COURAGE, FOUGHT THE PERSIANS TO THE LAST MAN./THOROUGHLY SYMBOLIC IN ITS ABSTRACT SHAPES, BASICALLY ORGANIC IN FORM, THE HEAVY/FORMS CONTRAST WITH THIN, SOLID WITH OPEN, VERTICAL WITH HORIZONTAL, AND ROUND/WITH ANGULAR. THROUGH THE EFFECT OF THE SUN, RAIN, AND SNOW ON THE SCULPTURE,/THE VIEWER IS PROVIDED WITH EVER CHANGING VISUAL AND EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES.
Commissioned by the General Services Administration.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 21.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 21.
Related Works:
For model see: 76001491.
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 87740028
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