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.

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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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