Seven Hills Park, Somerville, (sculpture)
OBJECT TYPE
MEDIUM
Painted high-density foam, steel, aluminum, brick, granite
NOTES
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
Image on file.
(On east side of each base:) (1)SPRING/AS PART OF THE "STINTED COMMONS"/SPRING HILL PROVIDED/EXCELLENT FARM SITES (2)WINTER/THE SITE OF A RE-/VOLUTIONARY WAR/FOR, WINTER HILL ALSO SUPPORTED/ORCHARDS... (3)WALNUT/LIKE ROME, SOM-/ERVILLE WAS ESTAB-/LISHED AMONG SEVEN HILLS... (4)COBBLE/THE JOSEPH BARRELL/HOUSE, DESIGNED BY/CHARLES BULLFINCH,/WAS LOCATED ON/COBBLE HILL... (5)CLARENDON/IN THE 18TH CENTURY,/CLARENDON HILL'S LAND/WAS AGRICULTURAL... (6)PLOUGHED/IN THE 17TH AND 18TH/CENTURIES PLOUGH-/ED HILL WAS USED/PRIMARILY AS GRAZING/... (7)PROSPECT/PROSPECT HILL IS/SOMERVILLE'S MOST/HISTORIC HILL. A/FORT... 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
Seven sculptures, each installed atop tall metal poles, depict local landmarks. Spring Hill is a black and white cow weathervane; Winter is an apple tree; Walnut is two clock faces; Cobble is a brick mansion; Clarendon is a silver fish (alewife) swimming; Ploughed is a white frame mansion; and Prospect is a replica of the stone fort now standing on Prospect Hill.
Keywords
History--United States--MassachusettsAnimal--CattleLandscape--Tree--Apple TreeArchitecture exterior--Domestic--HouseAnimal--Fish--AlewifeArchitecture exterior--Military--Fort
PLACES
Owner/Location : Administered by City of Sommerville Somerville MassachusettsOwner/Location : Located Davis Square Near Holland Street Somerville Massachusetts
DATES
Date : 1990
Additional Resource Information
Record Link :https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!342758~!0#focus Record Id : siris_ari_342758
Control number : IAS MA000877
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