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Flashlight, (sculpture). Artist:  Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-2022, sculptor. van Bruggen, Coosje, 1942-2009, sculptor. Lippincott, Inc., fabricator. Title:  Flashlight, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed March 1981. Dedicated March 12, 1981. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Steel, painted with polyurethane enamel. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 38 ft. 6 in. (74,000 pounds). Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An upright fluted black flashlight standing on its lens end. The on/off switch is shaped to suggest the outline of the mountain range on the west side of the city. Subject:  Object -- Tool -- Flashlight Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Nevada Sculpture Owner:  Administered by University of Nevada, College of Fine and Performing Arts, 4505 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154 Located University of Nevada, Artemis Ham Hall Plaza, Las Vegas Nevada 89154 Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $45,000 given in 1973 to the University of Nevada at Los Vegas. A nearby plaque reads: THE FLASHLIGHT/THE FLASHLIGHT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM/THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, MATCHED BY/ANOTHER FROM THE LATE ROBERT Z. HAWKINS OF RENO./THESE GRANTS WERE SUPPLEMENTED BY FUNDS RAISED BY/THE SCULPTOR, CLAES OLDENBURG./MARCH 12, 1981. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nevada survey, 1994. NMAA Inventory Staff, 1990. Anuradha Vikram (Oldenburg van Bruggen studio assistant), 2002. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Image on file. Arts, June, 1981, pg.101. "Claes Oldenburg: an anthology," New York, N.Y.: Guggenheim Museum, Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, c1995, pg. 389. 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 71500158   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 71500158 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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