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    		• Bright, Barney,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Bright, Barney, 1927- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Untitled, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Aug. 27, 1970. Relocated early 1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze welded over copper tubing; Base: Indiana limestone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 6 x 10 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 83 x 20 x 20 in. (400 lbs).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Numerous tentacles of varying lengths stream upwards and out from a main stem. The sculpture, which is reminiscent of a tentacled sea creature, is mounted on a rectangular base.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Jeffersonville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Jeffersonville Township Public Library, 211 East Court Avenue, In front of east entrance, Jeffersonville, Indiana 47131
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture cost $7,500. The sculpture represents the artist's impressions of the Devonian time period, when the Falls of the Ohio fossil beds were being formed. According to the artist, the tentacled sculpture represents life reaching out for the sea and covering the earth. The sculpture was originally located on a limestone bench, fifteen feet from its present location. It was moved to its current site sometime between 1977 and early 1978 and installed on a new higher base to deter vandalism. The sculpture's abstract nature and allusion to the Devonian period were initially controversial.
    IAS files contain related articles from The Louisville Times (Indiana edition), Sept. 2, 1970; The Courier-Journal & Times (Louisville, KY), Nov. 22, 1970; and The Evening News (Jeffersonville, IN), Sept. 15, 1970.
    A plaque (now in storage) explaining the piece was originally nearby, mounted on a piece of driftwood. The plaque reads: THE SCULPTURE DISPLAYED ON THE EAST COLONADE REPRESENTS/ITS CREATOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF THE DEVONIAN TIME PERIOD WHEN/THE FALLS OF THE OHIO FOSSIL BEDS WERE BEING FORMED./THOUGH THE GRACEFULLY OUTSTRETCHING TENTACLES HAVE A/CRUSTY FOSSILIFEROUS LOOK, THE SCULPTOR, BARNEY BRIGHT, DESCRIBES/THE GENTLY FLOWING LINES OF HIS SCULPTURE AS EXPRESSING THE/FIRST MOVEMENT OF LIFE REACHING OUT FROM THE SEA TO THE EARTH./THE WORK IS COPOSED OF COPPER TUBING WELDED OVER WITH/400 POUNDS OF BRONZE. THE BENCH-BASE ON WHICH THE/SCULPTURE RESTS IS MADE OF INDIANA LIMESTONE.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Louisville Times, (Indiana edition), Sept. 2, 1970.
    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 IN000559
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