OOS Sculpture

Wherefore Art Thou

2010 / Sam McKinney / Hamilton

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Bronze figures of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are mounted on either side of a slab of black granite. Their hands reach to each other overhead, through a heart-shaped opening in the granite. Passages from the play are carved next to each figure.

Location: Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Rd

County

: Butler

Citation

: Sam McKinney, “Wherefore Art Thou,” Ohio Outdoor Sculpture , accessed December 3, 2023, http://www.oos.sculpturecenter.org/items/show/2201.

Title

Wherefore Art Thou

Description

Bronze figures of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet are mounted on either side of a slab of black granite. Their hands reach to each other overhead, through a heart-shaped opening in the granite. Passages from the play are carved next to each figure.

Creator

Sam McKinney

Date

2010

Publisher

Ohio Outdoor Sculpture

Identifier

2201

Location City

Hamilton

Location County

Butler

Provider Qualifier

funds raised by

Provider Entity

Duncan and Nancy White

Location Street

1763 Hamilton Cleves Rd

Location Type

park
museum

Artist Notes

Serendipity Studio, Inc.

Media Sculpture Height

15 feet

Media Sculpture Width

5 feet

Media Sculpture Depth

30 inches

Installation Date

2010

Materials

granite
bronze

Inscription

On accompanying plaque:
"Pyramid Park/thanks Duncan and Nancy White/for raising the funds/needed to commission/Wherefore Art Thou/Sculptor - Sam Mckinney/May 2010 A.D."