Falling Water (sculpture)

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Falling Water
Aquamobile
Falling Water by Lin Emery, Oklahoma City.jpg
The sculpture in 2019
Falling Water (sculpture)
Artist Lin Emery
Year1972 (1972)
Medium
  • Metal sculpture
  • stone fountain
Location Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Coordinates 35°28′12″N97°31′00″W / 35.470046°N 97.516660°W / 35.470046; -97.516660 Coordinates: 35°28′12″N97°31′00″W / 35.470046°N 97.516660°W / 35.470046; -97.516660

Falling Water, also known as Aquamobile, is an outdoor 1972 sculpture and fountain by Lin Emery, installed outside the Bank of Oklahoma building (201 Robert S. Kerr Avenue) in Oklahoma City, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. [1]

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Description

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Plaque for the sculpture, 2019

The abstract and kinetic metal sculpture rests in a fountain with a stone basin. The basin's east side has holes which originally supported "Fidelity Bank" lettering. [1]

History

The artwork was dedicated on January 28, 1972. It was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Falling Water, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution . Retrieved August 8, 2019.