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Katzen, Lila,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Wichita
Sculpture
Favorite Graces, (sculpture).
Artist:
Katzen, Lila, 1925-1998, sculptor.
Title:
Favorite Graces, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: brushed stainless steel; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 144 x 29.25 x 123 in.; Base: approx. 11 x 36 x 132 in.
Inscription:
(Welded on inside front south side:) Lily Katzen signed
Description:
Abstract sculpture comprised of 3 curved "S" shapes with counter curves. The brushed stainless steel sculpture is set on a stone base.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture --
Kansas
--
Wichita
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by
Wichita
State
University
, Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1845 North Fairmount,
Wichita
,
Kansas
67260
Located
Wichita
State
University
, Outside National Institute for Aviation Research,
Wichita
,
Kansas
Remarks:
The sculpture was purchased from the artist in 1997 and had been on long to the
University
for four years prior to the purchase. Prior to its placement on campus, it was exhibited at Flushing Meadows Corona Park (Flushing, New York) and other national sites. IAS files contain copies of related press releases, including WSU News Release, Sept. 13, 1995 and Nov. 5, 1997; and articles from The
Wichita
Eagle, Oct. 1, 1995, Sect. D, pg. 1-2; and
Wichita
State
University
's Sunflower, no. 33, vol. XCVIII (Oct. 20, 1993).
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture,
Kansas
,
Wichita
survey, 1999.
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, 1999.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 101.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Polk, Chris Paulsen, "Beautifying
Wichita
Through Sculpture,"
Wichita
, KS: Project Beauty, Inc., 2007, pg. 101.
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 62780055
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
62780055
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