Planar Mountain, (sculpture).

Planar Mountain, (sculpture).

Hunt, Richard, 1935-2023, sculptor.

Planar Mountain, (sculpture).

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Approx. 9 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 7 in. x 12 ft. 3 in.

An abstract sculpture comprised of planar silhouettes of landscape forms, multiple flat surfaces and planes.

Abstract -- Geometric

Landscape -- Mountain

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Medford

Tufts University, Outside Carmichael Hall, Medford, Massachusetts 02155

Formerly in the collection of Spertus, Eugene, Chicago, Illinois

Formerly located Ravinia Park, Highland Park, Illinois

The sculpture was commissioned by Eugene Spertus, a friend of the artist's. It was unveiled in 1971 at Ravinia Park (Highland Park, Illinois), as part of an outdoor sculpture exhibition "Richard Hunt: Large Scale Sculpture." The work was then moved to the Spertus home in Chicago. In 1988, it was donated by Mrs. Spertus to Tufts University, where her son John attended as an undergraduate, and in memory of her husband Gene. For further reading, see Tufts Criterion, vol. 22-25 and The New Campaign, May 1988, vol. 1, no. 2.

Marker in front of sculpture reads: Richard Hunt American 1935-/PLANAR MOUNTAIN - 1971/Gift of Miriam Spertus Victor A'85P/In Memory of Eugene D. Spertus A'85P/Los Angeles, California 1987.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.

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