Miami Marker, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes: Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1994.; City of Dayton, Public Arts Commission, 2004.; Image on file.; unsigned; The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary: Abstract installation consisting of two elements installed in a park. The center element is a 16 ft. tall column with crisscross gridwork detail in a rounded arch on top of the column. Centered 75 ft. behind the column, framing both the Miami River and the Dayton skyline, is a three-sided rectangular outline. The lower cross piece is wide enough to sit on. Curving down from the top of each side of the frame-outline are pipes which reach down to the ground. The steel installation is painted light blue and set on concrete footings.

Owner/Location: Administered by City of Dayton Recreation and Parks 2013 West Third Street Dayton Ohio 45417; Located Centennial Park Patterson Boulevard & Carillon Boulevard Dayton Ohio