Reflective Spaces - Olathe, Ks.
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N 38° 53.039 W 094° 49.174
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This sculpture - a series of six mosaic panels - is located in the R.R. Osborne Plaza west of the Olathe City Hall - 100 E Santa Fe in Olathe, Ks.
Waymark Code: WMVWNQ
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2017
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This sculpture - a series of six mosaic panels - is located in the R.R. Osborne Plaza west of the Olathe City Hall. Each panel is approximately 10 feet tall. Each tile in the mosaic is 6" by 6". The scene is of the eastern Kansas prairie with a large expanse of blue sky and clouds.
Reflective Spaces
SCULPTOR: Epp, Phil
Corbett, Terry
MEDIUM: Ceramic tiles on concrete panels
TYPE: Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
OWNER/LOCATION: Administered by City of Olathe Parks and Recreation 200 West Santa Fe Street Olathe Kansas 66061
Located Osborne Plaza 100 East Santa Fe Street Olathe Kansas
DATE: Dedicated Nov. 21, 2003
NOTES: Kansas City Adopt A Monument, 2014.
SUMMARY: Six concrete panels spaced three feet apart are covered with eight-inch square ceramic tiles illustrating rolling fields, a deep blue sky, and puffy white clouds symbolic of the landscape west of Olathe.
TOPIC: Landscape--Farm
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74870099
- Smithsonian Outdoor Sculptures Website
Reflective Spaces
Phil Epp and Terry Corbett
With a blue sky, white clouds, and gently rolling fields, the work in tile relates the optimism with which R. R. Osborne approached life - an optimism tempered by overcoming adversity. The setting is an interpretation of the countryside west of Olathe.
- Marker Text
TITLE: Reflective Spaces
ARTIST(S): Epp, Phil and Corbett, Terry
DATE: Dedicated Nov. 21, 2003
MEDIUM: Ceramic tiles on concrete panels
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 74870099
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION: located in the R.R. Osborne Plaza west of the Olathe City Hall - 100 E Santa Fe
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None seen - sculpture is in good repair
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