Antipodes - Washington, DC
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vhasler
N 38° 53.274 W 077° 01.343
18S E 324594 N 4306280
Copper scrolls with punched out English and Greek alphabets extending from a vertical petrified wood log.
Waymark Code: WM9D24
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2010
Views: 7
Jim Sanborn was born in 1945 in Washington, D.C. This "Antipodes" work is reminiscent of Kryptos encryption sculpture at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
TITLE: Antipodes
ARTIST(S): Jim Sanborn
DATE: 1997
MEDIUM: Copper and petrified wood
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 61570606
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W. Washington, District of Columbia 20560
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No official description of the piece supplied. See Quick Description above for my narrative.
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