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    		• Ginnever, Charles,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Daedalus, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ginnever, Charles, 1931- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    Daedalus, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1975. Dedicated Sept. 16, 1977.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 36 x 18 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On center piece, lower right:) Ginnever 1975 signed
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture consisting of a semicircular arrangement of five flat pieces of steel, each approximately fifteen feet by three and a half feet in size. One piece lies flat on the ground and each subsequent piece rises slightly until the fifth piece is almost vertical. The pieces are connected to one another around the top.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Michigan, Physical Properties Building, 326 East Hoover, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Accession Number: 1977/2.9
    Located University of Michigan, In front of University of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 South State Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was acquired in 1977 with funds from the Thirtieth Anniversary Project, The Friends of the Museum, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: DAEDALUS/BY THE AMERICAN SCULPTOR/CHARLES GINNEVER - 1975/ACQUIRED THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE/MUSEUM'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY FUND AND WITH THE/ASSISTANCE OF THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS/DEDICATED SEPTEMBER 16, 1977.
    IAS files contain an article from the Ann Arbor Observer, Sept. 1991, pg. 55-57; an excerpt from Ellen A. Plummer and Frederic W. Mayer's brochure "The University of Michigan Ann Arbor Campus Outdoor Sculpture," Univ. of Michigan, c. 1993, and an excerpt from Einar Kvaran's unpublished manuscript "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989.
    References: 
    University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1988.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    University of Michigan, "Illustrated Catalogue of European and American Painting and Sculpture," 1988, p. 94.
    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 23800005
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