Pacific Bird - San Francisco, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 47.794 W 122° 24.027
10S E 552784 N 4183413
An abstract piece by San Francisco Financial District. The sculpture is on Battery Street.
Waymark Code: WM7MH9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2009
Views: 3
The abstract piece is supposed to be a bird, but it looks more like a blooming flower. The piece sits on a concret base in a plaza like area.
The plaque reads: "Lipton '64 (Plaque on base:) Pacific Bird/By: Seymour Lipton/Commissioned by/Golden Gateway Center, 1962 signed"
TITLE: Pacific Bird
ARTIST(S): Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986, sculptor.
DATE: Commissioned 1962.; 1964.
MEDIUM: Nickel-silver on Monel metal.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 88240127
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located Golden Gateway Center, 550 Battery Street, Custom House Plaza, Richard Henry Dana Building, San Francisco, California 94111
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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