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Minnesota Profiles, (sculpture). Artist:  Leicester, Andrew, 1948- , sculptor. Title:  Minnesota Profiles, (sculpture). Dates:  1995. Dedicated Oct. 1995. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Terra cotta columns and concrete paving. Dimensions:  14 columns. Approx. H. 23 ft. 5 in. x L. 190 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Courtyard sculpture of a History Center which abstractly represents the layout of the property prior to the center's construction. Fourteen columns line the "street." The columns represent trees native to Minnesota. Low bench-height walls which create enclosures serve as footprints for apartment buildings that once stood on the site. The columns diminish in height as they progress toward the entrance. They are capped with capitals that in profile represent living Minnesotans. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Place -- Minnesota Allegory -- Time -- Past Architecture -- Other -- Courtyard Architecture -- Detail -- Column Landscape -- Tree Architecture -- Detail -- Wall Figure group Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Sculpture Owner:  Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 Remarks:  Commissioned under Minnesota Percent for Art in Public Places. The subjects of the sculptural portraits were selected by visitors to the History Center. IAS files include an informational flyer from the History Center. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1995. 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 MN000175   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000175 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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