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Becoming, (sculpture). Artist:  Metz, Ted, 1949- , sculptor. Title:  Becoming, (sculpture). Dates:  1990. Installed June 23, 1990. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cor-Ten and stainless steel, concrete, and boulder. Dimensions:  4 parts. Approx. 43 x 40 x 48 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A multi-part abstract sculpture consisting of four separate elements. The central element is a tower composed of different architectural motifs. Located next to the tower is a pair of concrete pathways that resemble the tracks left by a bulldozer. At the terminus of the tracks are three steel arrows pointing to a large boulder. The elements combine to symbolize the growing progress of the city of Hoover. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Other -- Progress Object Type:  Boulder Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Hoover Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Hoover, Office of the Mayor, 100 Municipal Drive, Hoover, Alabama 35216 Located City of Hoover Municipal Complex, Municipal Drive, Hoover, Alabama Remarks:  The total cost of the sculpture was $50,000. The Bluff Park Art Association, who commissioned the sculpture, contributed $20,000; the Alabama State Council of the Arts contributed $3,000; additional funding and services were donated by local construction firms and the City of Hoover. IAS files contain related articles from Alabama Arts, Summer 1987, pg. 25-26; Fall 1990, pg. 12-17; Birmingham News, June 7, 1990; July 8, 1990; and Sculpture Magazine, Jan.-Feb. 1991), pg. 61. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Sculpture Magazine (Jan.-Feb. 1991): pg. 61. 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 AL000043   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000043 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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