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  • Blommel Sign Company,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
     
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    Red Incomplete Circles, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013, sculptor.
    Blommel Sign Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Red Incomplete Circles, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    (Red Neon Circle Fragments on a Blue Wall), (sculpture).
    (Neon Piece), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1977. Dedicated 1977.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Neon tubes on enameled aluminum panels.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 9 ft. 8 in. x 69 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Large, abstract wall piece located on the front of the Federal Building. Eleven red neon arcs are situated on a light blue enameled aluminum background. The piece is elevated above the ground, just below the second story level.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Dayton
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by United States General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 18th & F Streets, Washington, District of Columbia 20506
    Coadministered by United States Government, Dayton Division, 200 West Second Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402
    Located Federal Building, 200 West Second Street, Facade, Dayton, Ohio
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the U.S. General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program. Cost: $23,000. Inscription on nearby marker reads: Stephen Antonakos/"Red incomplete circles"/1977/Commissioned under the/Art in Architecture Program/General Service Administration/United States of America. IAS files contain copies of unidentified newspaper articles which discuss the cost, fabrication, and controversy about the sculpture.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio survey, 1992.
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
    General Services Administration, 1984, 1988.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    "Art in Architecture Program," G.S.A., U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, D.C., 1979.
    Related Works: 
    For model see: 08580023.
    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 75002780
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