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Covenant, (sculpture). Artist:  Liberman, Alexander, 1912-1999 , sculptor. Title:  Covenant, (sculpture). Dates:  1975. Dedicated Nov. 4, 1976. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cor-Ten steel, painted red. Dimensions:  Approx. 40 x 54 x 20 ft. Description:  "Sculpture is in the role of a gateway under which pedestrians pass on a main campus walk. Predominant forms are large cylinders, 17 ft. 6 in. in diameter. Two meet the ground, one diagonal, one vertical. Atop the vertical lays a horizontal cylinder -- each of same approximate dimensions. The fourth shape is atop and spread over the other three. It is an inverted V and two cylinders are joined at the bend. Paint color is bright red." Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Gate Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Pennsylvania, Office of the Curator, 100 College Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Located University of Pennsylvania, 39th Street & Locust Walk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $40,000 given in 1975 to the University of Pennsylvania. Additional funding was provided by the one per cent for art program agreed upon between the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority. The inscription on a nearby marker reads: Covenant/By Alexander Liberman/Dedicated November 4, 1976/The trustees of the University of Pennsylvania in accordance with their agreement with the redevelopment authority of the city of Philadelphia, Pa. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Institute of Contemporary Art, 1976. University of Pennsylvania, checklist, 1988. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 77001278   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001278 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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