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Nimbus Flight, (sculpture). Artist:  Russell, James Thomas, 1938-2017, sculptor. Title:  Nimbus Flight, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Flight into Radient Light, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1981. Dedicated 1982. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: stainless steel. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 15 ft. x W. 3 ft. Inscription:  (On bottom of sculpture, raised lettering formed with welding bead:) (copyright symbol) James T Russell 82 (On plaque on top of concrete foundation, raised lettering:) "NIMBUS FLIGHT"/FLIGHT INTO RADIANT LIGHT/1982/(copyright symbol) JAMES T. RUSSELL signed Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Animal -- Bird Allegory -- Place -- Lake Michigan Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- St. Joseph Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of St. Joseph, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085 Located Pleasant & State Streets, St. Joseph, Michigan Remarks:  The sculpture cost $22,000. It was "designed to combine a feeling of birds in flight with the wind and waves of Lake Michigan." IAS files contain excerpt from Kathryn Zerler's "On the Banks of the Ole St. Jose," St. Joseph Today, 1990, pg. 153; and a brochure "SculpTour," by the Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, Michigan. Conservation:  Treated 1999. City of St. Joseph (MI). Treatment report on file with the Krasl Art Center (St. Joseph, MI). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. Zerler, Kathryn, "On the Banks of the Ole St. Joe," St. Joseph Today, 1990, pg. 153. 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 MI000465   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MI000465 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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