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stands on either side of an asphalt path. The work has three primary elements: a thumbprint-stamped basalt column, a sky-slicing net of iconic symbols cast in bronze, and a carved white Italian marble iceberg topped with a large anvil and delicate tree branch. The work's imagery invites viewers "into
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a dream-like narrative dealing with the geological and cultural history of the location."
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Serving as an entrance arch at the northwest corner of the park,
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Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress
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Conversations with Magic Stones (Magic Stone Three)
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Coordinates
43°04′15″N 87°53′50″W / 43.070842°N 87.897327°W / 43.070842; -87.897327
public art
David Middlebrook
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
"Middlebrook Tips Scale in Favor of Public Art"
"Sculpture to be Installed in Riverwest's Gordon Park"
"Context and Public Art: David Middlebrook's Tip at Gordon Park"
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Public art in Milwaukee
Downtown
The Victorious Charge
Family
The Calling
Wisconsin Workers Memorial
Wind Leaves
Birds of Knowledge of Good and Evil
The Great Double
Woodland Indian and Whistling Swans
Solomon Juneau
Leif, the Discoverer
Letter Carriers' Monument
Argo
Bronze Fonz
Walkways Through the Wall
Abraham Lincoln

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