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Carol M. Highsmith Photography
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Poets Rise
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Poets Rise

Artist
Year1989
Classification sculpture
Medium bronze and granite
Dimensionsapproximate overall: 60 x 192 x 113 in. (152.4 x 487.7 x 287 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • The octagonal sculpture in the shape of a well is made of bronze and sits on a granite


    platform of the same size and shape.  The bronze form is densely patterned both inside and outside.  On an accompanying stand of the same materials is the text, "Well...", of gold leaf letters carved into granite.