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Artschwager, Richard,
McGregor, Tom,
Joe Daniels Construction Company,
Cold Spring Granite Company,
Mison Incorporated,
Abstract
Allegory -- Time
Light fixture
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Generations, (sculpture).
Artist:
Artschwager, Richard, 1923-2013, sculptor.
McGregor, Tom, designer.
Joe Daniels Construction Company, contractor.
Cold Spring Granite Company, contractor.
Mison Incorporated, contractor.
Title:
Generations, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991. Dedicated Sept. 13, 1991.
Medium:
Mixed media, including steel (painted and unpainted), red granite, concrete, plexiglas, and live plantings.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 32 ft. x W. 60 ft. x L. 155 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Generations is a site-specific work set designed to enhance a museum entrance. Work consists of three groupings, each with a lighted plexiglas sphere and pine tree raised progressively higher. Proper left grouping contains a dome set into a landscaped hill; beside it a tree in a granite planter with steps leading to it from central walkway. Central grouping is centered by an empty planter with a tree and plexiglas sphere raised about five feet above ground. Proper right grouping (tree and sphere) stands about 25 feet high. Proper right tree is stainless steel.
Subject:
Abstract
Allegory -- Time
Object Type:
Light fixture
Site-specific
Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison
Sculpture
Owner:
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chazen Museum of Art, 800 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Remarks:
Joe Daniels Construction prepared the site; granite was supplied and installed by Cold Spring Granite Company; Mison Incorporated provided steel components and plexiglas globes; Bruce Company provided live trees.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.
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 WI000014
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