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Fredenthal, Robinson,
Landscape -- Tree
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Black Forest, (sculpture).
Artist:
Fredenthal
, Robinson,
1940-
,
sculptor
.
Title:
Black Forest, (sculpture).
Dates:
1983.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel plate, painted black; Base: stainless steel on concrete foundation.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 149 x 98 x 49 in.; Base: approx. 1 x 68 x 51 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
This large, black, painted steel sculpture depicts the shape of an asymmetrical evergreen tree through a complex arrangement of four interpenetrating pyramidal forms. The overall effect, when viewed from each side, is a different set of three-dimensional, triangular masses representing branches. The base of the sculpture is a stainless steel parallelogram raised above, but bolted to, a concrete foundation. The polyhedron masses of black steel stand on two main pyramidal legs on the base. The steel plate is 3/16 in. thick.
Subject:
Landscape -- Tree -- Pine Tree
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
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, Old Woodlands Avenue Walkway, near the corner of 34th & Walnut, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
Remarks:
Gift of Philip and Muriel Berman.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1992.
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 PA000032
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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