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Untitled, (sculpture). Artist:  Armajani, Siah, 1939-2020, sculptor. Rutherford, William A., landscape architect. Title:  Untitled, (sculpture). Other Titles:  (Covered Walkway), (sculpture). Dates:  1988-1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sheet metal, glass and wood. Dimensions:  Approx. L. 700 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A covered walkway installed in a parking lot. It is composed of a series of modular units offset every sixty feet by entrance vestibules. The visible support structures are triangular, and the walkway is equipped with internal lighting. Half of the walkway runs along the edge of the lot, and the rest runs through the center. Subject:  Architecture -- Other -- Courtyard Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Golden Valley Sculpture Owner:  General Mills, Art Collection, One General Mills Boulevard, P. O. Box 1113, Golden Valley, Minnesota 55440 Remarks:  Commissioned by General Mills. This walkway was designed for both aesthetic and functional purposes. When construction of a new highway made the parking lot openly visible, this structure was built to provide visual relief and shelter for people using the lot. It replaces a seasonally installed covered walkway. The walkway is lighted internally. IAS files include related articles from the journals Architecture Minnesota (Sept.-Oct. 1991) and Art in America (Dec. 1988) and an excerpt from the book "Monumental Minnesota" by Moira Harris ([St. Paul]:) Pogo Press, 1992). References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Architecture Minnesota (Sept.-Oct. 1991): pg. 44. 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 MN000221   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000221 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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