Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1990

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Black and white photograph of "Dinner Party #11," by H.G. Brack and Carole Hanson. A wooden work table and chair are set outdoors with a variety of metal and ceramic objects arranged on top. The photograph shows an old wooden table and chair placed in a natural setting, surrounded by tall grass and wildflowers. The tabletop displays several items: a white, possibly ceramic bell-shaped object, a wooden carpenter's plane, an iron ring with a solid sphere at the center, a narrow rake head, a spiral piece of wrought iron topped with a corroded metal container, and an oil can seated in the top right corner of a ceramic tile. Each sculpture has a worn, utilitarian appearance, with the metal ring and sphere displaying a sense of weight and the spiral rod providing contrast with its curled form. The objects are carefully placed as part of an outdoor art installation. Geronimo Sculpture Garden, located in Hulls Cove, Maine. The garden was established in 1990 by H.G. “Skip” Brack, a tool historian and art lover. 1994. Jill Linzee, photograph. (See p16198-p16226.) (See NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Folk art, Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p16209

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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