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    		• Medenica, Branko,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Bessemer
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    X, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Medenica, Branko, 1950- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    X, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1978.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Painted imron, steel I-beams on steel base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 69 in. x 52 in. 20 in.; Base: 7 x 66 x 22 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Two twisted I-beams, one painted purple and the other black, cross midway and turn upward in a twisted motion. The sculpture sits on a grey painted box on a steel plate.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Bessemer
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    On loan to Hagar Equipment Company, 1601 25th Avenue North, Bessemer, Alabama 35023
    Lent by J. C. McGahan Company, Sculpture Division, 4220 Old Leeds Lane, Birmingham, Alabama 35213
    Remarks: 
    This piece was created while the artist was an employee of the J. C. McGahan Company, manufacturers of metal tankheads. From 1976 to 1983 the artist worked for the McGahan Company to create public works of art which the McGahan Company has since loaned or leased to companies throughout Alabama. The artist rescued the I-beams from a fire.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000009
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