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Bayer, Herbert,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Fountain
Sculpture
Double Ascension, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bayer, Herbert, 1900-1985, sculptor.
Title:
Double Ascension, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
stairway to nowhere, (sculpture).
Dates:
1969. Dedicated Jan. 20, 1973.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel, painted; Basin: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 20 ft. x Diam. 30 ft.; Basin: approx. H. 4 ft. x Diam. 40 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Twin staircases which ascend in a curve and join at the top. The staircases are painted red and arch over the center of a large stone fountain basin. Water cascades down and over the rounded outer edge of the basin. The fountain is surrounded by a series of three recessed steps.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Atlantic Richfield Company, 515 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, California 90071
Remarks:
IAS files contain copy of "Downtown Public Art" inventory page; copies of related articles from Los Angeles Times, Feb. 4, 1973 and Sunset Magazine, Nov. 1975, pg. 74-79; and copy of related material from "CRA 1985 Downtown Art Guide". Alternate title "stairway to nowhere" cited in Sunset Magazine article.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001154
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001154
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