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Breakfast with Tesla and the Enola Gay, (sculpture). Artist:  Marcheschi, Cork, 1945- , sculptor. Title:  Breakfast with Tesla and the Enola Gay, (sculpture). Dates:  1994. Dedicated Oct. 21, 1994. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted stainless steel, plastic and neon; Base: steel. Dimensions:  Part I: approx. 25 ft. x 80 in. x 56 in.; Part II: approx. 20 ft. x 40 in. x 15 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  A two part abstract sculpture, each with brightly colored geometric shapes set atop steel posts. The first structure is blue, green, yellow, pink and purple. The second structure has a motor driven swinging arrow-shaped pendulum with bright pink triangle at one end and half circle at the other. The revolving purple circle is mounted on a stainless circle. Plastic colored portions are filled with neon gas and light. Subject:  Abstract Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Technology Architecture -- Vehicle -- Airplane Architecture -- Vehicle -- Enola Gay Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Louisville Sculpture Owner:  Louisville Museum of History and Science, 727 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky 40202 Remarks:  The $75,000 sculpture was funded by the City as part of the West Main Street Cultural Arts Streetscape Project. It was designed to create a new symbol for the Science Center. The commission was managed by the Louisville Development Authority. IAS files contain article from the Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), Nov. 20, 1993. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky 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 KY000284   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000284 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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