Tower of East Cambridge Faces, (sculpture)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

sculptor
Tyler, James
Subject
Unidentified
Cambridge Arts Council, Percent for Art Program, 1990.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1996.
Summary
A square bronze column encrusted with an assemblage of fifty-two faces of area residents who were photographed on Broadway Street. The faces reflect the ethnic and cultural diversity of Cambridge. The bronze column is topped with a small square section of stone. The bronze column rests on a square column of stone.
Installed 1986
Control number
IAS 65710046
Type
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Medium
Sculpture: bronze and stone; Base: stone
Owner/Location
Administered by City of Cambridge Cambridge Arts Council 57 Inman Street Cambridge Massachusetts 02139 Accession Number: CAC86.04
Located Lechmere Canal Park East corner of Interleaf Building Cambridge Massachusetts
Title
Faces of Cambridge, (sculpture)
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Portrait group
Portrait--Head
Ethnic
Record ID
siris_ari_294653
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