Echo of the Waves

{{Short description|Sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.}}

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| artist = Susumu Shingu

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| city = Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/437252382/|title=The Boston Globe from Boston, Massachusetts on May 18, 1983 · 94|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015144755/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/437252382/|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |title=Echo of the Waves, (sculpture). |url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!23381~!0#focus |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=October 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402013424/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!23381~!0#focus |url-status=live }} The sculpture was removed from the aquarium's plaza during the 1998 expansion.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}