Falling Water - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Max and 99
N 35° 28.130 W 097° 30.992
14S E 634597 N 3926048
Towering metal sculpture/fountain in Downtown OKC
Waymark Code: WM8TWA
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2010
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This towering sculpture is about 25 feet tall, made of steel, and located in the upper courtyard of the BOK plaza in Downtown OKC. Typically water is flowing in the fountain, but during the time I went it was still on the winter schedule. This artwork has about 40 pieces of different angles and directions, and I bet this really adds to the beauty of the fountain when the water is flowing.
This is one of many sculptures and fountains in the Downtown OKC area.
From the Smithsonian Art Inventory listing:
Inscription:
(On plaque on north side of basin, raised:) (Inscriptions in Cherokee)/CHEROKEE MEANING/"FALLING WATER"/SCULPTRESS LIN EMERY/DEDICATED JANUARY 28, 1972/BY SENATOR HENRY BELLMON/CLUSTER SHAPE INSPIRED BY OKLAHOMA'S/STATE FLOWER, THE MISTLETOE; SWOOPING/FORKED FORMS DERIVED FROM STATE BIRD,/THE SCISSOR-TAIL FLYCATCHER
Description:
Abstract sculpture with moving parts, located in the center of a fountain.
Remarks:
East side of fountain basin has drilled holes which originally held lettering for "Fidelity Bank," now insolvent and replaced by the Bank of Oklahoma.
TITLE: Falling Water
ARTIST(S): Emery, Lin, 1928- , sculptor.
DATE: Dedicated Jan. 28, 1972.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: metal; Basin: stone.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OK000122
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
201 Robert S. Kerr Ave; NW corner of Park and Robinson in Downtown OKC
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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