ART
ARCHITECTURE
& HISTORY
in the Public Realm
Pro Patria Mori, 2006
Artworks: Sculpture

Artist
Ellen Driscoll
Collection
Kansas City, Missouri: One Percent for Art Collection
Materials
Stainless Steel, mosaic
Dates
  • Installed, 2006
Awards
  • Public Art Network 2006
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Description
These artist-designed gates form an entrance to the Liberty Memorial and Museum in Kansas City, the home of one of the country's only collections of World War I artifacts. The open gates create an 84-foot panorama at the entrance of the Memorial; when closed, two separate mosaics are visible from the approach and the egress to the site. The museum archives provided Driscoll the main source for the imagery, which the artist realized in glass mosaics on the facade of each gate. Below the intricate...
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Location
Liberty Memorial
Wyandotte Street & Memorial Drive
Kansas City, MO
United States

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