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Labac, (sculpture). Artist:  Gibbons, Arthur, 1947- , sculptor. Title:  Labac, (sculpture). Dates:  1988. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Painted 1/2" steel plates on ground-level concrete base. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 x 6 x 4 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. W. 42 in. D. 42 in. (1,200 lbs.). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract piece painted an earth tone, dark brown in hue. The irregular shapes are arranged as intersecting planes at various angles. As the sculpture is viewed from each angle, no view is the same. Light plays off the edges of the steel plates, highlighting the sense of volume. The piece rests on a concrete base which is flush with the ground. Subject:  Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- West Virginia -- Charleston Sculpture Owner:  Avampato Discovery Museum, 300 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, West Virginia 25301 Remarks:  Inscription on nearby plaque reads: SELECTED AND PURCHASED/BY/THE 1988 SUNRISE COLLECTORS CLUB. Sculpture was purchased for 19,000 dollars. IAS files contain related article from Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, WV), June 22, 1988 which discusses the artist's creation of the sculpture. The sculpture was created in the artist's studio in New York City, and transported in sections down to the Sunrise Museum where the artist welded it together on site and gave it a protective coating to shield it from the weather. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1991. Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, WV), June 22, 1988. Illustration:  Image on file. Charleston Daily Mail (Charleston, WV), June 22, 1988. 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 WV000011   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WV000011 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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