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    		• Pepper, Beverly,
     
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    		• Colaco, Joseph T.,
     
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    		• Colt Industries, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division,
     
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    		• CBM Engineers,
     
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    		• Melton Henry Architects,
     
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    		• HCB Contractors,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Polygenesis, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Pepper, Beverly, 1924-2020, sculptor.
    Colaco, Joseph T., engineer.
    Colt Industries, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division, founder.
    CBM Engineers, engineering firm.
    Melton Henry Architects, architectural firm.
    HCB Contractors, contractor.
    Title: 
    Polygenesis, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Polygenesis (Four Leaf Towers), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1981. Dedicated June 24, 1982.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Obelisk: ductile iron, cast and welded; Base: cast ductile iron.
    Dimensions: 
    Obelisk: approx. H. 60 ft.; Base: approx. H. 10 ft. (25 tons).
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    Obelisk with two prongs set six inches apart.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Obelisk
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Houston
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Interfin Corporation, Four Leaf Towers, 1400 Post Oak Avenue, Houston, Texas 77056
    Located Four Leaf Towers, 5100 San Felipe, Houston, Texas
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Giorgio Borlenghi, president of Interfin Corporation. The obelisk is made up of eight pieces of sand-cast ductile iron welded together. Joseph T. Colaco and CBM Engineers prepared engineering drawings for the casting. HCB Contractors prepared for the installation and Melton Henry Architects coordinated the actual installation. IAS files contain copy of newspaper article from Houston Chronicle, May 16, 1982, pg. 17, which details the commissioning and creation.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.
    Krauss, Rosalind E., "Beverly Pepper: Sculpture in Place," Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1986.
    Houston Chronicle, May 16, 1982, pg. 17.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Krauss, Rosalind E., "Beverly Pepper: Sculpture in Place," Buffalo: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1986, pg. 117.
    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 87480080
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