Click here to loginLoginView my BookbagMy List - 0HelpHelp
 Search 
 Search Images 
 About 
   
KeywordBrowseCombinedHighlightsSearch HistoryAll Catalogs
Search:    Refine Search  Return to results
> You are only searching: Art Inventories
More Smithsonian Searches
 
 Who else has...
 
  •  
    		• Kyriakos, Aleko,
     
  •  
    		• Abstract
     
  •  
    		• Allegory -- Element
     
  •  
    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
     
  •  
    		• Sculpture
     
     
    The WPI Flame, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kyriakos, Aleko, 1922- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    The WPI Flame, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 23, 1976.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: white brick, pebbles.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 2 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On sculpture, inside flame near base:) WYOMISSING POLYTECHNIC/INSTITUTE/1927 1958 unsigned
    Description: 
    Abstract bronze sculpture of a flame. The sculpture stands on a base constructed of yellow-pebbled white bricks.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Allegory -- Element -- Fire
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Reading
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus, Tulpehocken Road, P.O. Box 7009, Reading, Pennsylvania 19610
    Located Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus, Library, Reading, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque: "The W.P.I. Plaza & Flame. Commemorating the Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute, 1927-1958, precursor of the Penn State Berks Campus. The 'W.P.I. Flame' sculpture by Aleko Kyriakos, October 23, 1976."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    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 PA001208
    Add to my list 
    Copy/Holding information
    Smithsonian AmericanArt MuseumControl Number 
    Inventory of American SculpturePA001208Add Copy to MyList

    Format:HTMLPlain textDelimited
    Subject: 
    Email to:


    Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382
     Powered by SirsiDynix
    About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact
    SIRIS - Smithsonian Institution Research Information System