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  • Olson, Lynn,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Hammond
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Color Concerto, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Olson, Lynn, 1952- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Color Concerto, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1985. Copyrighted 1985.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: reinforced Portland cement, and stained glass; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 11 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6 in.; Foundation: approx. 1 in. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. (2,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Inside curve on north side:) (copyright symbol)/1985 Lynn Olson (Plaque, northeast corner of base:) "COLOR CONCERTO"/SCULPTOR: LYNN OLSON/FUNDED BY THE FACULTY AND STAFF OF/PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET THROUGH/THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE/PURDUE CALUMET ENDOWMENT FUND/SPRING 1985 signed
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture consisting of faceted, stained glass slabs supported in a framework of reinforced Portland cement, forming a partial enclosure. The stained glass is in warm colors of yellow, orange, and red, in a motif of trapezoidal and related shapes.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Hammond
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Purdue University Calumet, 2233 171st Street, Hammond, Indiana 46323
    Located Purdue University Calumet, North of Lawshe Hall, Hammond, Indiana
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was funded by the faculty and staff of Purdue University Calumet through contributions to the Purdue Calumet Endowment Fund. IAS files contain a related article from Concrete Construction (June 1986): pg. 547-551.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Concrete Construction (June 1986): pg. 547.
    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 IN000806
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