Folly Bollards

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Folly Bollards
Folly Bollards, Harlequin, part of Folly Bollards in Portland, Oregon.jpeg
Folly Bollards: Harlequin in 2012
Folly Bollards is located in Portland, Oregon
Folly Bollards
Location in Portland, Oregon
Artist Valerie Otani
Year 1998 (1998)
Type Sculpture
Material Bronze
Location Portland, Oregon, United States
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File:Antoinette Hatfield Hall, Portland 2012.JPG
The series of bollards along Southwest Main Street, in front of Antoinette Hatfield Hall, in 2012

Folly Bollards is a series of outdoor 1998 bronze bollard sculptures by Valerie Otani, installed along Southwest Main between Broadway and Park in Portland, Oregon, United States.[1]

Description and history

Sculptures in the series, each of which are abstract bronzes that measure 48 inches (120 cm) x 5 inches (13 cm) x 5 inches (13 cm), include:

  • Folly Bollards: Anansi, African Trickster Spider, a spider[2]
  • Folly Bollards: El Viejito, Mexico, a Mexican figure[3]
  • Folly Bollards: Harlequin, a clown[4]
  • Folly Bollards: Monkey King, China, a monkey[5]
  • Folly Bollards: Nasreddin, a Turkish figure[6]
  • Folly Bollards: Nulamal, Kwakiuti Fool Dancer, an Indian dancer[7]

See also

References

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