580 California Street Roof Figures - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 47.566 W 122° 24.252
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The 580 California Street Roof Figures, also known as Corporate Goddesses stand on the roof of a 23-story building at 580 California Street in the San Francisco's Financial District.
Waymark Code: WMW3JG
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/05/2017
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The work of sculptor Muriel Castanis consists of twelve figures of 12 feet high resembling ghost forms wrapped in long clothes. Three female figures are reproduced on each of the four sides of the building.
The artist made a career out of empty robed figures before dying in 2006. She designed the figures by covering models in epoxy-soaked cloths. The models then wriggled out as the clothes hardened, and she used those forms as a basis for the 12-foot-tall skyscraper specters San Francisco has today.
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TITLE: 580 California Street Roof Figures
ARTIST(S): Castanis, Muriel
DATE: Commissioned March 1982. April 1985.
MEDIUM: Sculptures: fiberglass; Bases: aluminum
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS CA000990
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
580 California Street
San Francisco, CA
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Other title: Corporate Goddesses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_Castanis
Muriel Castanis (September 27, 1926 – November 22, 2006)
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