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Acqua Grylli by Beth Sahagian

RiverSculpture! are public art displays found along the Milwaukee Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Information kiosks stationed near each presentation offer self-guided walking tours of this annual outdoor exhibition.

Description

Each year new sculpture pieces are unveiled at the open of RiverSplash!, a three day summer festival held annually along the Milwaukee River. The 2008 exhibition featured 15 unique contemporary sculptures from various artists, which are positioned at locations between Wisconsin Avenue and Juneau Avenue.

  1. Limitation Series: Bowls by Paul Sebben, 1993
  2. Epiphanic Recurve Redux by Bilhenry Walker, 1995
  3. Laureate by Seymour Lipton, 1969
  4. Acqua Grylli by Beth Sahagian, 2001 (permanent display)
  5. Pere Jacques Marquette restored by Tom Queoff, 1987 (permanent display)
  6. Ribbon Song by Stephen Fischer, 2006
  7. Trigon by Allen Ditson, 1970
  8. Victoria by Jim Agard, 2001
  9. Inuit's Bone Sequi III by Bilhenry Walker, 1995
  10. Dream with the Fishes for Aurora by Cork Marcheschi, 1998
  11. Gertie the Duck by Gwendolyn Gillen, 1997 (permanent display)
  12. Palm Tree Serenade by John Mishler, 2007
  13. Immigrant by Mike Baur, 1996
  14. Cow and Ballerina by Schomer Lichtner, 2003
  15. Gertie Gets Her Ducks in a Row by Benjamin Rothschild, 2007