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Moore, Henry,
Unknown (West Berlin, Germany),
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Element
Allegory -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago
Sculpture
Nuclear Energy, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor.
Unknown (West Berlin, Germany), founder.
Title:
Nuclear Energy, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1967. Dedicated December 2, 1967.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture
: bronze; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture
: approx. H. 14 ft. Diam. 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 1 1/2 ft. Diam. 10 ft.
Description:
Abstract organic form which suggests a protective helmet, a human skull, and a mushroom-shaped cloud.
Subject:
Abstract
--
Geometric
Allegory
--
Element
--
Energy
Allegory
--
Other
--
Physics
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Illinois
--
Chicago
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by University of
Chicago
, Office of Physical Planning and Construction, 5555 South Ellis Avenue,
Chicago
,
Illinois
60637
Located University of
Chicago
, South Ellis Avenue between 56th & 57th Streets,
Chicago
,
Illinois
60637
Remarks:
Purchased from Moore with funds from the B. F. Ferguson Monument Fund. The
sculpture
marks the spot where the Manhattan Project team devised the first nuclear reactor under the now demolished stands of the Univ. of
Chicago
's football stadium. The work commemorates the achievement of the first self-sustaining controlled nuclear reaction on December 2, 1942.
References:
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to
Chicago
's Public
Sculpture
,"
Chicago
: University of
Chicago
Press, 1983, pg. 269-270.
Riedy, James, "
Chicago
Sculpture
,"
Chicago
: University of
Illinois
Press, 1981, pg. 187.
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Illinois
,
Chicago
survey, 1992.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Bach, Ira J., and Mary Lackritz Gray, "A Guide to
Chicago
's Public
Sculpture
,"
Chicago
: University of
Chicago
Press, 1983, pg. 269.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and
Sculpture
, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 87580104
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