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Old Main Memorial Sphere, (sculpture). Artist:  Johnson, Stanley O., 1919- , sculptor. Title:  Old Main Memorial Sphere, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed ca. 1963.; Dedicated May 29, 1964. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Welded steel and bronze. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 x 7 x 7 ft. Diam. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 6 x 6 ft. (1/2 ton). Inscription:  (On leg:) Stanley O. Johnson (Circular plaque on ground with 8 star points:) Site/of/Old Main - The first building at the University of North Dakota/Erected in 1883. It served the State/and generations of students for 80 years./Home of lofty thought and learning./Beacon O'er our western land./Shine whence still the ever burning/torch is passes from hand to hand. (At points of star: names of UND Presidents who occupied Old Main) signed Description:  A steel sphere, 7 ft. in diameter, is held in the air by four "legs" which rise vertically from the ground, then bend into the center to support the globe. Overblazed with bronze, the sphere consists of a thin rod frame, laced with 29 figures from 9 to 15 in. high, in various positions "symbolizing the educational development of man." A raised design produced by a welding method covers the legs. Subject:  Abstract Figure group Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education Occupation -- Education -- Administrator Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks Sculpture Owner:  University of North Dakota, University Advancement Office, University Station, Center of campus, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 Remarks:  The flame of this memorial was lit on the last day of 1963, the year of Old Main's demise. Source did not confirm if flame is still lit or not. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Dakota survey, 1992. 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 ND000028   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ND000028 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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