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Raimondi, John Richard,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Grand Island
Sculpture
Erma's Desire, (
sculpture
).
Artist:
Raimondi, John Richard, 1948- , sculptor.
Title:
Erma's Desire, (
sculpture
).
Dates:
1974-1976. Dedicated 1976.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Approx. 20 x 50 x 15 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Subject:
Abstract
--
Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor
Sculpture
--
Nebraska
--
Grand
Island
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by State of
Nebraska
,
Nebraska
Department of Roads, Design Division, 1500 Highway, N-2, Lincoln,
Nebraska
68502
Located
Nebraska
Interstate 80,
Grand
Island
, eastbound rest area, between Doniphan & Phillips interchanges,
Grand
Island
,
Nebraska
Remarks:
Nearby plaque reads: ERMA'S DESIRE/JOHN RAIMONDI/COR-TEN STEEL/THIS IS ONE OF TEN SCULPTURES/SPECIALLY COMMISSIONED AS PART OF/
NEBRASKA
'S CELEBRATION OF/THE NATION'S BICENTENNIAL.
Erma's Desire is one nine pieces actually completed as part of a Bicentennial celebration to place
sculpture
along Interstate-80. The idea for the 500-mile
sculpture
garden originated with Thomas A. Yates, who with Norman Geske, proposed the project to the
Nebraska
American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in August 1973. The commission endorsed the project and made a $100,000 grant toward the total project costs of $535,000. Additional funders included the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, the
Nebraska
ArtsCouncil, the
Nebraska
Art Association, the National Endowment for the Arts, and private and corporate donations. The project was controversial because of the abstract nature of the
sculpture
and because no
Nebraska
artist was selected in the competition. IAS files contain related newsclippings from the Lincoln Journal and Star, and the Omaha World-Herald, 1973-1986; an excerpt from World-Herald Magazine of the Midlands, June 29, 1986; and a brochure printed by the
Nebraska
Department of Economic Development: "
Nebraska
's 500-Mile
Sculpture
Garden." Erma is the artist's mother and title alludes to her wish to see her son succeed.
IAS files contain a copy of an April 20, 2011 "Memorandum of Understanding Between The
Nebraska
Department of Roads and the
Nebraska
Arts Council Regarding The
Nebraska
Interstate-80 Bicentennial
Sculpture
Project" describing responsibilities for the care of the sculptures.
References:
Save
Outdoor
Sculpture
,
Nebraska
survey, 1994.
Index of American
Sculpture
, University of Delaware, 1985.
Nebraska
Department of Roads, 2011.
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 76009937
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
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