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CUBIS, (sculpture). Artist:  Miller, Theodore, 1921- , sculptor. Bass and Elias, architectural firm. Title:  CUBIS, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Cubus Assemblage, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1979. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: painted aluminum, Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 135 x 1,248 x 96 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture composed of nine different sized aluminum boxes mounted on the side of the Smith-Kline Beckman warehouse on Spring Garden Street. Gradually the boxes change from a flat rectangle at one end of the building to a full cube at the other. The sculpture was designed to be viewed by passing vehicles. Depending on the direction from which the vehicle approaches, the aluminum boxes appear to either grow out of the wall or recede into it. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Architectural component Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Smith-Kline Beckman, Spring Garden Street at Fifth Street, Warehouse, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19123 Remarks:  The initiator for the sculpture was the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia. The sculpture was installed as part of the Redevelopment Authority's One Percent for Art program. The inscription on a plaque located inside the warehouse reads: CUBIS/Sculpture by/Theodore Miller/Installed Under the Fine Arts Program/of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority/Smith Kline/Corporation. IAS files contain an excerpt from Penny Balkin Bach's "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 247. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bach, Penny Balkin "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 247. 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 PA001120   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA001120 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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