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  • Smith, Tony,
     
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  • Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
     
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  • Sculpture
     
     
    Light Up, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Smith, Tony, 1912-1980, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Light Up, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned 1971. Installed 1974. Dedicated May 15, 1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Yellow painted steel plate.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 28 ft. 6 in. x 16 ft. 6 in. x 20 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An abstract piece of slanting planes, composed of a tetrahedron and an octahedron joined to form a continuous space grid.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by University of Pittsburgh, Facilities Management, B.79 Benedum Hall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
    Located University of Pittsburgh, Forbes Quad, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania until ca. 1989.
    Remarks: 
    Gift of the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
    References: 
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 70-71.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0159, 1989.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 106-107.
    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 64480036
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