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    Union Spire, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Oehler, Kevin, 1953- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Union Spire, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1990.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted steel; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: 22 ft. x 14 in. x 14 in.; Base: 24 x 40 x 40 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on base reads:) UNION SPIRE 1990/BY KEVIN OEHLER/COLLECTION OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF DEVER/FEDERICO PENA, MAYOR signed
    Description: 
    A tall abstract sculpture comprised of two spires set atop each other. The bottom 13 foot spire is composed of 12 1/2 eight-sided blocks, painted with yellow and black diagonal stripes. The top 9 foot spire is composed of metal, painted red, that looks like an extended Slinky. This is encased by 1 inch wide pieces of thin metal in the shape of X's and squares, forming 8 blocks up the spire. There is a white-domed light on top of the spires.
    Subject: 
    Architecture -- Detail -- Column
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Denver
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Coadministered by City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture & Film, 303 West Colfax, Suite 615, Denver, Colorado 80202
    Coadministered by City and County of Denver, Commission on Cultural Affairs, Suite 1600, 1st Western Plaza, 303 West Colfax Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80204
    Located Union Station, 14th & Wazee, Denver, Colorado 80204
    Remarks: 
    According to the artist, "The towers reflect the architectural past of the city in totems, stacked with fragments of Victorian, Neo-Classical and Constructivist elements specific to historic Denver." The sculpture was commissioned for $11,875. It is one of two spires created by the artist for the Lower Downtown Historic District. (See also Jade Spire, IAS record 66240002). Both were commissioned by the Denver Commission of Cultural Affairs, One Percent for Art program. IAS files contain Accession Sheet, and copies of artist's statement (Robischon Gallery, 5/92), elevation diagrams, and clipping from Denver Post, April 29, 1990.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
    City and County of Denver, 1987.
    City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
    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 66240003
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