Echo of the Waves

ArtistSusumu Shingu

ConditionRemoved from site

LocationBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinates42°21′33″N 71°03′03″W / 42.359051°N 71.050733°W / 42.359051; -71.050733

Echo of the Waves
Artist	Susumu Shingu
Condition	Removed from site
Location	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates	42°21′33″N 71°03′03″W / 42.359051°N 71.050733°W / 42.359051; -71.050733

Echo of the Waves (also known as Dolphin or Whale) is a sculpture by Susumu Shingu, installed outside the New England Aquarium, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.^[1] It was completed in September 1981, and dedicated on July 6, 1983. The abstract, kinetic structure is made of painted steel and Teflon coated fiberglass, and rests on a painted steel base. It was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994.^[2] The sculpture was removed from the aquarium's plaza during the 1998 expansion.^{[citation needed]}