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Artist/Creator (1)	Andre, Carl, 1935-
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Title/Caption	Stone Field Sculpture
Variant Title/Caption	Stonefield Sculpture
Date of Work	Copyrighted 1977. Installed August 22, 1977.
Description of View	General view from street level
Notes	Located at the corner of Main and Gold Streets, Hartford, CT. Sponsor/Developer: Hartford Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Project Description: This artwork consists of 36 stones placed in rows to form an arrowhead shape. It relates to an ancient burial ground nearby, and refers to the natural history of the area. The artist assembled glacial boulders from a local quarry and placed them in rows. The largest stone, weighing approximately 11 tons, is isolated at the narrow end of the triangular park. Two smaller stones form the 'second' row; each subsequent row is formed by ever smaller stones. It was Andre's intention to 'secularize some of the serenity of the graveyard', referring to an adjacent graveyard. Andre's use of stone provides a sense of natural history, a connection to early geologic periods -- perhaps a way of suggesting that human habitation of the planet, and civilization as we know it, are very recent phenomena. Project History: This artwork was commissioned for the City of Hartford by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving in celebration of their 50th anniversary. The National Endowment for the Arts provided matching funds. The public response to this piece became an issue in that year's mayoral campaign: it was criticized for costing too much money, and it divided opinion on what constituted 'good' art. Over the years the artwork has won acceptance. It is enjoyed as a picnicking, strolling and gathering place in the center of Hartford.
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	sandstone, brownstone, granite, schist, gneiss, basalt, and serpentine boulders
Dimensions	36 boulders of different sizes, placed in 8 parallel rows, forming a triangle. Overall dimensions: ca. 4 x 53 x 290 ft.
Century	20th Century
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Hartford, Connecticut (United States)
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public art Triangles (polygons) Boulder
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part IV
Reference Number	Art on File PAIV-2(4)-2
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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