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 Gaia - Dublin, CA Posted by:  saopaulo1
N 37° 42.246 W 121° 55.066
10S E 595398 N 4173536
A globe shaped piece in the middle of Dublin Civic Center.
Waymark Code: WM7WV7
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/14/2009
Views: 1
From the inventory: "
A globe of the world covered with mosaic and suspended in a circular slate fountain. The globe is covered with marble and stone in blue, green, gray and white, which combine to form rough outlines of continents and oceans. The gold leaf and glass form various figures on the globe, including three boys running, a hunter and a wolf, a man and a woman.
The sculpture was the first commissioned artwork for the Civic Center. It cost $100,000. Paid for by private donations to the Dublin Fine Arts Foundation. Nearby plaque reads: Dublin Fine Arts Foundation is pleased to present to the City of Dublin/GAIA by Ned Smyth/"The Earth is a living organism that is an interraleted (sic) and interbalanced whole."/8 Foot Diameter Globe covered with tiles of Venetian glass, colored stones, and gold leaf./Dedicated: January 22, 1991. The fountain was designed by David Gates & Associates and had to be rebuilt at a cost of $130,000 to accommodate the sculpture."
TITLE: Gaia
ARTIST(S): Smyth, Ned, 1948- , sculptor. David Gates & Associates, design firm.
DATE: Commissioned 1988. 1991. Dedicated Jan. 22, 1991
MEDIUM: Sculpture: fiberglass, steel, Italian marble, stone, Venetian glass, gold leaf; Fountain: slate.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000918
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
100 Civic Plaza, Civic Center, Dublin, California 94568
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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