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    		• Kirkland, Larry,
     
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    		• Macy, Doug,
     
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    		• SGF Scultura,
     
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    		• Elite Granite & Marble,
     
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    		• SRG Partnership,
     
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    		• Walker/Macy Landscape and Planning,
     
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    		• Abstract
     
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    		• Figure -- Head
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
     
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    		• Bench
     
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    Vitae Mensae, Living Mind, Life of Thought, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Kirkland, Larry, 1950- , sculptor.
    Macy, Doug, landscape architect.
    SGF Scultura, fabricator.
    Elite Granite & Marble, fabricator.
    SRG Partnership, architectural firm.
    Walker/Macy Landscape and Planning, landscape architect.
    Title: 
    Vitae Mensae, Living Mind, Life of Thought, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1993.
    Medium: 
    Head: Carrara marble; Base: black granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. 80 x 150 x 150 in. (approx. 18,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Various cultural symbols such as a cathedral floorplan, and African and Native American petroglyphs are incised on the surface of the base)
    Description: 
    Colossal human half-head stands on a base which is incised with numerous symbols of various cultures. The head faces a small amphitheater which contains a bench etched with images from the history of scientific investigation. The work is related to indoor sculptures by the same artist, located in the lobbies of a building nearest to the sculpture. All the works have the theme of science and civilization.
    Subject: 
    Abstract
    Figure -- Head
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
    Allegory -- Other -- Civilization
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Oregon -- Portland
    Bench
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97201
    Located Oregon Health Sciences University, Center for Research of Environmental Occupational Toxicology, Portland, Oregon
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned under the State Percent for Art Program for $194,000. The is the University's first public art project. The head was fabricated by SGF Scultura. The base and benches were created by Elite Granite and Marble. SRG Partnership provided direction in the construction. Doug Macy was the landscape architect. IAS files include an excerpt from "Sculpture" Jan./Feb. 1993, a state registration form, and an artist's statement.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Oregon survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Sculpture vol. 12 no. 1, (Jan/Feb. 1993): pg. 64.
    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 OR000170
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