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Behrens, Robert,
Friberg, Marga,
G. E. Johnson Construction Company,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Colorado Springs
Sculpture
Pulse/Impulse, (sculpture).
Artist:
Behrens, Robert, 1939- , sculptor.
Friberg, Marga, assistant.
G. E. Johnson
Construction
Company, contractor.
Title:
Pulse/Impulse, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned March 1, 1985. Copyrighted June 1985. Installed Aug. 12, 1985.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted steel and mylar; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. 40 x 8 x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(On plaque:) PULSE/IMPULSE/(copyright symbol) JUNE 1985 A.D./ROBERT BEHRENS, SCULPTOR/SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA/COMMISSIONED FOR THE ENGINEERING AND APPLIED/SCIENCES BUILDING,
UNIVERSITY
OF
COLORADO
,/COLORADO
SPRINGS
AND THE CITIZENS OF/
COLORADO
, BY THE STATE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES/PROGRAM OF THE
COLORADO
COUNCIL ON THE/ARTS AND HUMANITIES unsigned
Description:
Light matrix sculpture composed of 16 black steel columns jutting 40 feet into the air, set into a 64 square foot grid. The sculpture is painted black. Attached to all four sides of each beam are 48 squares of mylar, 768 squares total. The squares reflect colored light that changes with the movement of the sun.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Colorado
--
Colorado
Springs
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
University
of
Colorado
at
Colorado
Springs
,
Planning
and
Construction
, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway,
Colorado
Springs
,
Colorado
80918
Located
University
of
Colorado
at
Colorado
Springs
, Engineering and Applied Sciences Building,
Colorado
Springs
,
Colorado
80918
Remarks:
Commissioned by the
Colorado
Council on the Arts and Humanities for its State Art in Public Places Program. The cost was approximately $30,000. IAS files include a portion of the contract between the artist and the City and a related article from the Gazette-Telegraph (
Colorado
Springs
, CO), Aug. 13, 1985. IAS files contain Survey form from Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts, July 26, 1989.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Colorado
,
Colorado
Springs
survey, 1993.
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 CO000571
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
CO000571
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