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Watling, Michael,
Object -- Other
Animal -- Bird
Animal -- Bat
Animal -- Reptile
Landscape -- Desert
Landscape -- Mountain
Ethnic -- Indian
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palm Desert
Fountain
Sculpture
In Praise of Cahuilla Baskets, (sculpture).
Artist:
Watling, Michael, sculptor.
Title:
In Praise of Cahuilla Baskets, (sculpture).
Dates:
1992.
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: stamped colored concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 11 ft. 3 in. x 16 ft. x 17 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 44 ft.
Inscription:
(Welded inside basket, lower right:) MICHAEL/WATLING/1992 signed
Description:
Circular abstract sculpture is representative of a Cahuilla basket. Its designs include desert imagery in cut-out forms. There are migrating geese on the top ring, bats near the places where the sunrise and sunset occur, and symbols for the valley, mountains and rattlesnakes. A spiral form to the left of the sculpture spouts water which is dammed by a short half-circle.
Subject:
Object -- Other -- Basket
Animal -- Bird -- Goose
Animal -- Bat
Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
Landscape -- Desert
Landscape -- Mountain
Ethnic -- Indian -- Cahuilla
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Palm Desert
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Palm Desert, Community Arts/Art in Public Places, 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California 92260
Located Waring Plaza, Northeast corner of Fred Waring Drive & Highway 111, Palm Desert, California
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1995.
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 CA001919
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Inventory of American Sculpture
CA001919
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