Presence on the Path - Washington, D.C.
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Cut out silhouette of a female form walking away from where she was cut from located on grounds of the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.
Waymark Code: WMJK5Z
Location: District of Columbia, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2013
Views: 3
From Smithsonian Art Inventory:
"A rectangular steel plate with the a walking female figure cut out of the center. The cut-out figure of the walking female is placed in the center of the cut out space, as if walking away from the rigid form of the steel plate. The sculpture is welded and bolted to a circular steel plate which is bolted to a flat square brick base."
The sculpture was a gift from the Government of Venezuela in 1982 to the Museum of Modern Art of Latin America.
TITLE: Presence on the Path
ARTIST(S): Beatriz Blanco
DATE: 1982
MEDIUM: Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: steel plate on brick foundation.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS DC000111
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Organization of American States
17th Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, District of Columbia
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
None noted.
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