Administered by City and County of San Francisco San Francisco Arts Commission 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240 San Francisco California 94102
Located Father Boedekker Park Jones Street & Eddy Street San Francisco California
Date:
1985-1986. Copyrighted 1985. Dedicated May 16, 1986
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993.
Image on file.
San Francisco Chronicle, June 14, 1986.
A J Smith (copyright symbol) 1985 (On plaque on top of base:) Anthony Jerome Smith - Sculptor/American, Born 1948/Untitled, 1985-86/Bronze/Collection of the City and County of San Francisco/Commissioned by the San Francisco Art Commission for the Recreation and Park Department signed
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Summary:
Abstract sculpture of a sphere held up by a pair of large hands. Set in niches around the surface of the sphere are fourteen life masks of people who live in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco. The artist's face and the face of Father Boedekker are also included in the sculpture. The bronze sculpture stands on a low, circular concrete base.