Passages, (sculpture).

Passages, (sculpture).

Johnson, Jim, sculptor.

Passages, (sculpture).

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Cor-Ten steel (?).

Sculpture: approx. 15 x 7 x 2 ft.

A metal arch with a keystone at the top in the middle. The leg of the arch on one side is slightly forward and the arch does not line up at the top on either side of the keystone. The keystone is on a diagonal, pointing upwards.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Anderson

Administered by Anderson University, Arts Department, 1100 East 5th Street, Anderson, Indiana 46012

Located Anderson University, Krannert Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana 46012

On the south side of the sculpture, a glass-covered paper mounted on stake reads: PASSAGES, BY JAMES K. JOHNSON, 1987./"THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MANKIND/ARE MEASURED IN THE PASSAGE OF TIME./PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH,/AS EXPERIENCED THROUGH AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE,/IS MARKED BY EVOLVING FROM ONE LEVEL OF AWARENESS/TO THE NEXT./THE SCULPTURE PASSAGES,/IN ITS ARCH AND KEYSTONE FORM,/STANDS AS A FOCAL POINT/SYMBOLIZING SUCH TRANSITIONS."/QUOTE, BY THE ARTIST. (Inscriptions are worn.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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