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Untitled (Egghead Series), (sculpture). Artist:  Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992, sculptor. Title:  Untitled (Egghead Series), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Egghead Series: Untitled, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: acrylic on bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 x 3 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 20 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A human head lies on its proper right ear with his proper right eye open and his proper left eye shut. Another human head sits upright and faces the first. His mouth is open and teeth are showing. There are no eyes carved on the second face. Both heads are bald and have wrinkles on their foreheads. Subject:  Figure group Figure -- Head Allegory -- Passion -- Wrath Allegory -- Other -- Thought Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Davis Sculpture Owner:  University of California, Davis, Richard Nelson Gallery and Fine Arts Collection, Department of Art, Drama complex courtyard, Davis, California 95616 Remarks:  The sculpture was the second in a series of five commissioned by the campus Art in Public Places Committee. The piece symbolizes passiveness and aggressiveness. The head lying on its side is in a reflective state but is looking backward, because the other head is lecturing or interrupting him. IAS files related article from Arts Up, dated December 1992. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, Sacramento 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 CA000156   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000156 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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