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    		• Behrens, Robert,
     
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    		• Friberg, Marga,
     
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    		• G. E. Johnson Construction Company,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Pulse/Impulse, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Behrens, Robert, 1939- , sculptor.
    Friberg, Marga, assistant.
    G. E. Johnson Construction Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Pulse/Impulse, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned March 1, 1985. Copyrighted June 1985. Installed Aug. 12, 1985.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted steel and mylar; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. 40 x 8 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On plaque:) PULSE/IMPULSE/(copyright symbol) JUNE 1985 A.D./ROBERT BEHRENS, SCULPTOR/SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA/COMMISSIONED FOR THE ENGINEERING AND APPLIED/SCIENCES BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO,/COLORADO SPRINGS AND THE CITIZENS OF/COLORADO, BY THE STATE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/PROGRAM OF THE COLORADO COUNCIL ON THE/ARTS AND HUMANITIES unsigned
    Description: 
    Light matrix sculpture composed of 16 black steel columns jutting 40 feet into the air, set into a 64 square foot grid. The sculpture is painted black. Attached to all four sides of each beam are 48 squares of mylar, 768 squares total. The squares reflect colored light that changes with the movement of the sun.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Planning and Construction, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918
    Located University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Engineering and Applied Sciences Building, Colorado Springs, Colorado 80918
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities for its State Art in Public Places Program. The cost was approximately $30,000. IAS files include a portion of the contract between the artist and the City and a related article from the Gazette-Telegraph (Colorado Springs, CO), Aug. 13, 1985. IAS files contain Survey form from Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts, July 26, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Colorado Springs 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 CO000571
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