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(Trinity College Bench), (sculpture). Artist:  Aschenbach, Paul, 1921- , sculptor. Title:  (Trinity College Bench), (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Spring 1975. Digital Reference:  Medium:  White marble streaked with gray on a concrete and marble base. Dimensions:  2 sections, 4 parts. (First: approx. 2 ft. 9 in. x 11 ft. 6 in. x 4 in.) (Second: approx. 2 ft. 10 in. x 9 ft. x 4 ft. 6 in.) Description:  The piece is in two distinct sections: one an abstract horseshoe at a height convenient for sitting; the other, 3-shaped slabs of marble set into the ground like 3 spokes of a wheel approx. 120 degrees apart from each other. The whole is situated on a side hill, surrounded by bark mulch. The horseshoe is raised above the ground by 9 piers, 4 marble, 5 concrete. The top of the two sections are set horizontally. Subject:  Abstract Object -- Furniture -- Bench Object Type:  Bench Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Burlington Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Trinity College, Physical Plant, 208 Colchester Avenue, Burlington, Vermont 05401 Located Trinty College, Between McAuley Building & Villa Building, Burlington, Vermont 05401 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. IAS files contain a letter from the Physical Plant director Carl Riden at Trinity College to the VT SOS! coordinator, Ann Lawless, about the concept behind the work. The piece is a collaborative piece done with students and staff at the college. The work is located in the middle of a sidewalk, forcing passersby to interact with it. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey 1992. 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 VT000039   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VT000039 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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