Gestation III explained

Gestation III
Artist:	Baile Oakes
Medium:	Wooden sculpture
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Coordinates:	34.0226°N -118.5087°W
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

Gestation III is a 1990 wooden sculpture by Baile Oakes, installed in Santa Monica, California's Palisades Park, in the United States.^{[1] [2]} The sculpture measures approximately 10 ft. 7 in. x 11 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 6, and was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's 'Save Outdoor Sculpture!' program in 1994.^[3]

According to the Santa Monica Mirror, the work "aligns visually with the Northern Hemisphere’s winter solstice sunset" and "draws a small group to watch the winter solstice sun set".^[4]

See also

• 1990 in art
• List of public art in Santa Monica, California

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bailey Oakes, Gestation III, Palisades Park, Santa Monica . 2022-09-18 . Public Art in LA . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171026/http://www.publicartinla.com/sculptures/palisades/gestation.html . live .
2. Book: Marrow, Marva . Inside the L.A. Artist . 1988 . Peregrine Smith Books . 978-0-87905-297-3 . en.
3. Web site: Gestation III, (sculpture). . June 15, 2022 . . September 27, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170927160511/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!341099~!0#focus . live .
4. Web site: 2009-12-21 . Winter Solstice . 2022-09-18 . Santa Monica Mirror . en-US . 2022-09-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172526/https://smmirror.com/2009/12/winter-solstice/ . live .