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Jim Sanborn's Public Works

Page last updated: December 23, 2003

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Title Location Medium Date

Spun Accelerator Exhibition under name Herbert J. Sanborn, Jr: Virginia Artists 1973 spun aluminum ??

Over-bend Exhibition under the name Herbert J. Sanborn, Jr.: Virginia Artists 1973 Sprayed acrylic cement ??

Criss-Cross Alexandria, VA aluminum plate, 7'x10'x10' 1974

Rolled Aluminum ?? Aluminum, 16' x 10' x 3' 1975

Patapsco Delta
(aka Patapsco River Project) Baltimore, MD Concrete, Mayari R Steel, aluminum, brass 1976-1979

Elk Delta (also "Elk River Project") Charleston Civic Center, WV Aluminum and granite, 60' x 60' x 20' 1976-1980

Navy Department,
Crystal City, VA Aluminum ??

Cold Spring Outcrop (may also be known as "Wabash Outcrop")
West Cold Spring Metro Stop
Baltimore, MD Sandstone sculpture 1981-1983

Recent Outcrop Baltimore, MD Sandstone 7'x4'x16' 1981

Kawasaki International Peace Park,
Kawasaki, Japan Two parallel lightning bolts of assembled stone 1983

All the Ships Sailed in Circles
(additional image here) Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts
Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C. granite, quartz, lodestone, copper, chinese text, water channel - 30'd x 14'h ??

Find the Lodestone Artery Plaza Building
Bethesda, MD Quartz, sandstone, granite, 13x5x5' 1985

Hidden under the Three Events Artery Plaza Building
Bethesda, MD granite, slate 1985

Invisible Forces "Electronic Industries Alliance" building,
Arlington, VA 18' high granite, ice-blue quartz, magnetized lodestone 1987

James Center Plaza James Center
Richmond, VA
(no longer in existence) historic granite canal blocks, granite paving, lodestone, quartz, 400x400' 1987

Kryptos
CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia
also:
Exhibition: Covert Obsolescence
Exhibition: Secrets Passed
Entrance: 150'L x 12' w x 3'h
Courtyard Plaza: 20'L x 10'w x12'h
Courtyard lawn: 60'L x 12'w x 3'h
Polished red granite, quartz,. copperplate, lodestone, encoded text, myscanthus grasses, water, and petrified wood Commissioned in 1988, dedicated 1990

Covert Operations Fragment Federal Reserve Board Art Gallery Pulped paper from CIA - 17" x 75" 1991

Untitled Kryptos Piece (2001-present) Private sculpture garden in California copper, petrified tree, waterjet cut text ( half Cyrillic/KGB, half Kryptos text) - 80"x45"x13" 1992

The Cyrillic Projector (aka "Encoded Cylinder")
additional image here University of North Carolina, Charlotte Bronze, light, 5' diam Created in early 90s, installed in 1997

Indian Run Park
(additional information and images here)
U.S. Federal Courthouse
Beltsville, MD granite, copper, water, Iroquois text, bronze cylinder with Onondaga text, myscanthus grasses, "Seneca Red" gravel, 5,000 - 10,000 arrowheads 1994

Ex Nexum Federal Bankruptcy Court
Little Rock, Arkansas red and black granite, waterjet cut Greek and Latin text, bronze - 16'L x 6'w x 6'h ??

(proposed) Maquette for Bellevue Washington Library Bellevue, Washington papyrus, bronze, copper, projected text 1993

Coastline
(more images & info here) National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
Silver Spring, MD Granite, water, wave generator (Variwave multisequential, computer controlled pneumatically operated system) 1993

Paleos
additional images here and here Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology Department limestone, fossilized ripple rock, green quartz, petrified wood, white marble, floor projection of interchangeable microscopic slides, 13' x 60' x 12' 1994

Adam Smith's Spinning Top
(more info here and here, and additional image here) University of North Carolina, Charlotte Bronze, 9' x 12' 1996-1997

Antipodes
(additional information here) Hirshhorn Museum, D.C. Copper and petrified wood 1997

Wealth of Nations (aka "Adam Smith's Spinning Top #2")
(more pictures here and here) Cleveland State University Bronze and waterjet cut text - 20'd x 9' h 1998

Manuscript Pages in Cleveland University Law Library
Manuscript Pages
Cleveland State University, Law Library ?? ??

UConn Stamford Mini-Park
(text in English, Algonquin, and binary) University of Connecticut, Stamford Copper, granite, plant material 1999

Brochure of Binary Systems sculpture in Martinsburg, West Virginia
Binary Systems
other images here and here Central Computing Facility
Internal Revenue Service,
Martinsburg, WV Copper, granite, lodestone 1999

Caloosahatchee Manuscripts (also known as "Lux")
(text in English and Creek Indian language -- more info here and additional images here and here) Old Post Office Building
Fort Myers, Florida bronze, waterjet cut text, pin point light source 2001

Libros
(additional image here) Northwest Regional Library
Coral Springs, Florida suspended scroll 28' H x 3'W, freestanding screen 5'H x16'L - bronze, copper, waterjet cut texts ??

Circulating Capital
(more info here) Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT Bronze 2001

Lingua
(additional images here, here and here.) New Washington DC Convention Center Two 16' tall 12' diameter cylinders, with waterjet cut text in Russian, Chinese, Abyssinian, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Iroquois 2002

Zola Spy Restaurant
(additional images here) Zola Spy Restaurant, Washington, D.C.
pulped documents with stamped text in Russian and English, metal plates with Russian text 2002

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Title	Location	Medium	Date
Spun Accelerator	Exhibition under name Herbert J. Sanborn, Jr: Virginia Artists 1973	spun aluminum	??
Over-bend	Exhibition under the name Herbert J. Sanborn, Jr.: Virginia Artists 1973	Sprayed acrylic cement	??
Criss-Cross	Alexandria, VA	aluminum plate, 7'x10'x10'	1974
Rolled Aluminum	??	Aluminum, 16' x 10' x 3'	1975
Patapsco Delta (aka Patapsco River Project)	Baltimore, MD	Concrete, Mayari R Steel, aluminum, brass	1976-1979
Elk Delta (also "Elk River Project")	Charleston Civic Center, WV	Aluminum and granite, 60' x 60' x 20'	1976-1980
	Navy Department, Crystal City, VA	Aluminum	??
Cold Spring Outcrop (may also be known as "Wabash Outcrop")	West Cold Spring Metro Stop Baltimore, MD	Sandstone sculpture	1981-1983
Recent Outcrop	Baltimore, MD	Sandstone 7'x4'x16'	1981
	Kawasaki International Peace Park, Kawasaki, Japan	Two parallel lightning bolts of assembled stone	1983
All the Ships Sailed in Circles (additional image here)	Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts Kaohsiung, Taiwan R.O.C.	granite, quartz, lodestone, copper, chinese text, water channel - 30'd x 14'h	??
Find the Lodestone	Artery Plaza Building Bethesda, MD	Quartz, sandstone, granite, 13x5x5'	1985
Hidden under the Three Events	Artery Plaza Building Bethesda, MD	granite, slate	1985
Invisible Forces	"Electronic Industries Alliance" building, Arlington, VA	18' high granite, ice-blue quartz, magnetized lodestone	1987
James Center Plaza	James Center Richmond, VA (no longer in existence)	historic granite canal blocks, granite paving, lodestone, quartz, 400x400'	1987
Kryptos	CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia also: Exhibition: Covert Obsolescence Exhibition: Secrets Passed	Entrance: 150'L x 12' w x 3'h Courtyard Plaza: 20'L x 10'w x12'h Courtyard lawn: 60'L x 12'w x 3'h Polished red granite, quartz,. copperplate, lodestone, encoded text, myscanthus grasses, water, and petrified wood	Commissioned in 1988, dedicated 1990
Covert Operations Fragment	Federal Reserve Board Art Gallery	Pulped paper from CIA - 17" x 75"	1991
Untitled Kryptos Piece	(2001-present) Private sculpture garden in California	copper, petrified tree, waterjet cut text ( half Cyrillic/KGB, half Kryptos text) - 80"x45"x13"	1992
The Cyrillic Projector (aka "Encoded Cylinder") additional image here	University of North Carolina, Charlotte	Bronze, light, 5' diam	Created in early 90s, installed in 1997
Indian Run Park (additional information and images here)	U.S. Federal Courthouse Beltsville, MD	granite, copper, water, Iroquois text, bronze cylinder with Onondaga text, myscanthus grasses, "Seneca Red" gravel, 5,000 - 10,000 arrowheads	1994
Ex Nexum	Federal Bankruptcy Court Little Rock, Arkansas	red and black granite, waterjet cut Greek and Latin text, bronze - 16'L x 6'w x 6'h	??
(proposed) Maquette for Bellevue Washington Library	Bellevue, Washington	papyrus, bronze, copper, projected text	1993
Coastline (more images & info here)	National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration Silver Spring, MD	Granite, water, wave generator (Variwave multisequential, computer controlled pneumatically operated system)	1993
Paleos additional images here and here	Massachusetts Institute of Technology Biology Department	limestone, fossilized ripple rock, green quartz, petrified wood, white marble, floor projection of interchangeable microscopic slides, 13' x 60' x 12'	1994
Adam Smith's Spinning Top (more info here and here, and additional image here)	University of North Carolina, Charlotte	Bronze, 9' x 12'	1996-1997
Antipodes (additional information here)	Hirshhorn Museum, D.C.	Copper and petrified wood	1997
Wealth of Nations (aka "Adam Smith's Spinning Top #2") (more pictures here and here)	Cleveland State University	Bronze and waterjet cut text - 20'd x 9' h	1998
Manuscript Pages	Cleveland State University, Law Library	??	??
UConn Stamford Mini-Park (text in English, Algonquin, and binary)	University of Connecticut, Stamford	Copper, granite, plant material	1999
Binary Systems other images here and here	Central Computing Facility Internal Revenue Service, Martinsburg, WV	Copper, granite, lodestone	1999
Caloosahatchee Manuscripts (also known as "Lux") (text in English and Creek Indian language -- more info here and additional images here and here)	Old Post Office Building Fort Myers, Florida	bronze, waterjet cut text, pin point light source	2001
Libros (additional image here)	Northwest Regional Library Coral Springs, Florida	suspended scroll 28' H x 3'W, freestanding screen 5'H x16'L - bronze, copper, waterjet cut texts	??
Circulating Capital (more info here)	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	Bronze	2001
Lingua (additional images here, here and here.)	New Washington DC Convention Center	Two 16' tall 12' diameter cylinders, with waterjet cut text in Russian, Chinese, Abyssinian, French, Spanish, Italian, Greek, and Iroquois	2002
(additional images here)	Zola Spy Restaurant, Washington, D.C.	pulped documents with stamped text in Russian and English, metal plates with Russian text	2002