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Title
Untitled: general view looking south
Creator
Asher, Michael (American conceptual artist, born 1943)
Cohen, Becky (American photographer, contemporary)
Contributor
Beebe, Mary Livingstone (American, born 1940)
Date Created and/or Issued
1991
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Stuart Collection Photographs
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the UC Regents. Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Cohen, Becky (American photographer, contemporary)
Description
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Sculpture and Installations
Science, Technology and Industry
Performing Arts (including Performance Art)
Architecture and City Planning
Garden and Landscape
Replica of an institutional, steel, drinking fountain that one finds in offices and schools. Normally located up against a wall, Asher includes a lip on one edge of the basin even though the drinking fountain is free standing. Asher's work pulls in the already existing elements of the site, bringing symmetry to a previously asymmetric layout.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Located on the grassy median in Mathews Quad, Asher's fountain is juxtaposed with a large American flag and a granite landmark commemorating the former Camp Matthews, a military training facility from 1917 to 1964, which occupied the land on which the University of California, San Diego now stands. The original flagpole from the military base still stands.
Matthews Quad, University of California, San Diego; La Jolla, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Granite (rock); water
Form/Genre
drinking fountains
landscape architecture
political art
sculpture
site-specific works
replicas
public art
outdoor sculpture
installations
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1435033p
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Paths
Contemporary
Campuses
American
Monuments
Lawns (landscaped grass)
Banality (Philosophy)
Drinking fountains
Trees
Quadrangles (open spaces)
Symmetry
University of California, San Diego--History
Landscape architecture
Political art
Sculpture
Site-specific works
Replicas
Public art
Outdoor sculpture
Installations

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