Jane Ann commented that there is a much larger version of the Kubach-Wilmsen Book Tower in Nashville. This one is 10-to-12 feet high, probably too large to have been a maquette for its big brother at the Nashville Public Library. I went back and looked at the photo I'd taken of the label for the piece and learned that the couple known collectively as Kubach-Wilsen are noted for their carved stone stone sculptures of varied scale and stone from quarries worldwide. I let my fingers walk over to google and found an even smaller example in the collection of Art Enterprises Limited. It consists of 7 miniature stone books and is only 4" by 12" x 18".
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Very interesting, Sophie! It's hard to tell from your photo that "your" book stack is as tall as you describe. Maybe I'll get downtown soon and I'll post a picture of ours. It's just funny to me that you posted yours, because as much as I love every single cubic inch of our fabulous library, it's the book stack on the corner that just reaches over and clutches me each time I see it. (Maybe because the library site is very urban--no imposing stairway approach to the door. It's just a wide sidewalk's width from curb to door, so the view of the book stack is very up-close and personal.)
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