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    		• Serrano, Pablo,
     
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    		• Funidor Codina,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Spiritus Mundi, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Serrano, Pablo, 1910-1985, sculptor.
    Funidor Codina, founder.
    Title: 
    Spiritus Mundi, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1974-1976. Cast 1976. Dedicated 1977.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 10 x 24 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. H. 2 in. x W. 8 ft. x Diam. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On left orb:) SERRANO 1976/FUNIDOR CODINA (On right orb:) FUNIDOR CODINA signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture consisting of two large half orbs with positive and negative interlocking inner faces. The inner faces are polished, while the outer surfaces are textured with cast medicine bottles, twigs, a tree trunk, sea shells, hand prints, and various tool marks and striations.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-4891
    Located University of Houston at Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Boulevard, Traffic circle in front of Bayou Building, Houston, Texas 77058
    Remarks: 
    Work was commissioned as part of the University of Houston's one percent-for-art program. Preliminary maquettes were submitted sometime prior to March 19, 1975, when an official contract letter was sent to the artist. The work was cast in Madrid; the artist oversaw its campus installation.
    IAS files include a copy of March 19, 1975 correspondence between University Vice President and the artist, offering the terms of the commission; and a copy of the Jan. 4, 1977, custom's declaration. IAS files also contain related articles from Clear Lake News Citizen (Houston, TX), Dec. 18, 1977; and the Houston Chronicle, Dec. 14, 1974, pg. 6, sect. 3 and April 17, 1975, pg. 2, sect. 2.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas 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 TX000041
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