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Benton, Fletcher,
Berkeley Art Foundry,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Balanced-Unbalanced: Balanced-Unbalanced T, (sculpture).
Artist:
Benton, Fletcher, 1931- , sculptor.
Berkeley Art Foundry, founder. (possibly by)
Title:
Balanced-Unbalanced: Balanced-Unbalanced T, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Balanced-Unbalanced T, (sculpture).
Dates:
1980. Copyrighted 1981.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: mild steel with enamel; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 161 1/4 x 130 x 134 in. (409.6 x 330.2 x 340.4 cm.); Base: approx. 2 x 11 x 11 ft.
Inscription:
(Near bottom of sculpture:) FLETCHER BENTON (copyright symbol) Fletcher Benton 1981 (Plaque on front of base:) FLETCHER BENTON/American, born 1931/1981/steel and flat black enamel/San Francisco Museum of Modern Art/Gift of William S. Picher and Wally Goodman signed
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 151 Third Street, San Francisco, California 94103 Accession Number: 81.147 A-C
Located Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue at Grove Street, North Terrace, San Francisco, California
Remarks:
Gift of William S. Picher and Wally Goodman, 1981, to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, with the understanding that the museum would place the sculpture on extended loan to the San Francisco Symphony for as long as they wished to borrow it. For related publications, see: Art International (Oct. 1980); and Edward Lucie-Smith's "Fletcher Benton," New York: H. N. Abrams, 1990.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1992.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "The Painting & Sculpture Collection," 1985.
Illustration:
Image on file.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, "The Painting & Sculpture Collection," 1985, pg. 273.
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 04280043
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