OOS Sculpture

Mahatma Gandhi

2006 / Gautam Pal / Cleveland

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This one-ton sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi was cast in Calcutta, India by the artist, and was installed in the India Cultural Garden in 2006. Each face of the sculpture's granite base is engraved with inscriptions. One faces features background information related to the dedication of the sculpture, and the others contain quotes by Gandhi.

Location: India Cultural Garden , 1190 Martin Luther King Jr Dr.

County

: Cuyahoga

Citation

: Gautam Pal, “Mahatma Gandhi ,” Ohio Outdoor Sculpture , accessed May 15, 2021, https://oos.sculpturecenter.org/index.php/items/show/1873.

Dublin Core

Title

Mahatma Gandhi

Description

This one-ton sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi was cast in Calcutta, India by the artist, and was installed in the India Cultural Garden in 2006. Each face of the sculpture's granite base is engraved with inscriptions. One faces features background information related to the dedication of the sculpture, and the others contain quotes by Gandhi.

Creator

Gautam Pal

Date

2006

Contributor

Aubrey O'Brien
AO IS1

Identifier

1873

Sculpture Item Type Metadata

Location City

Cleveland

Location County

Cuyahoga

Location Site

India Cultural Garden

Location Street

1190 Martin Luther King Jr Dr.

Location Type

garden

Installation Date

2006

Creation Date

2006

Materials

bronze
granite

Inscription

I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.