Propylaea (sculpture)

Propylaea is a sculpture/fountain on the Maumee River, in downtown Toledo, Ohio.

Propylaea
The sculpture at One Seagate
ArtistDimitri Hadzi
Year1982 (1982)
MediumGranite
LocationToledo, Ohio

About

In the early 1980s, Owens-Illinois was building their new world headquarters at One SeaGate. As a gift to the city, the company commissioned Dimitri Hadzi to design a sculpture to stand as the centerpiece of the SeaGate complex. The sculpture is made from granite, and is nestled as a fountain on a reflecting pond between One and Two SeaGate. Dimitri Hadzi described the use of water in the sculpture as a way of creating activity in the flat lands of Ohio.[1]

Dedication
Propylaea Dedication

Next to the sculpture there is a dedication which reads:

  PROPYLAEA
  1980-82
  DIMITRI HADZI, SCULPTOR
  AMERICAN B. 1921
  THIS GRANITE SCULPTURE NAMED FROM THE GREEK WORD
  FOR "GATEWAY," WAS COMMISSIONED BY OWENS-ILLINOIS TO STAND
  AS A SYMBOLIC ENTRANCE TO SEAGATE AND A REVITALIZED TOLEDO.
  HISTORICALLY, TOLEDO HAS BEEN A GATEWAY TO EXPLORATION, INVENTION
  TRANSPORTATION AND INDUSTRY THAT HAS HELPED TO FORGE OUR NATION,
  AND THE PROMISE OF ITS FUTURE IS TYPIFIED IN SEAGATE.

See also

References
  1. "Oral history interview with Dimitri Hadzi, 1981 Jan. 2-1990 Mar. 9". www.aaa.si.edu. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

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