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Lawton, James L.,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Pink Landscape -Three Trusses Plus, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lawton, James L., 1944- , sculptor.
Title:
Pink Landscape -Three Trusses Plus, (sculpture).
Dates:
1978.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: painted steel; Base: painted concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 55 in. x 20 ft. 5 in.; Base: each approx. 7 x 55 x 20 in.
Inscription:
(On farthest west vertical element, near base, raised:) Lawton 1978 signed
Description:
Three pink parallel tubes ascend vertically at an approximate 60 degree angle. Narrow tubes intercept the three, adding more shapes and angles. The sculpture is painted in several colors: white, gold, lavender, crimson, turquoise, and orange. It is set on two concrete blocks, one on each end. The concrete blocks are painted white.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Detroit
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Detroit, Parks and Recreation Department, Landscape Division, 2008 Water Board Building, 735 Randolph Street, Detroit, Michigan 48226
Located Cass Park, Second Avenue at Ledyard Street, Detroit, Michigan
Remarks:
The work was commissioned for Detroit by People's Art Project: 200 Minus One, a program created in celebration of the Bicentennial of the Michigan Council of the Arts. For additional information see: Dennis Nawrocki's "Art in Detroit Public Places, Revised Edition," Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1999.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 101.
Detroit Historical Museum, City of Detroit Monuments, 2004.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Nawrocki, Dennis Alan, "Art in Detroit Public Places," Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1980, pg. 101.
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 87840029
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