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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Burns, Michael A.,     Kohler Company,     Milwaukee Valve Company,     Madison Brass Company,     Abstract -- Geometric     Homage -- Graaskamp, James     State of Being -- Disabled     Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison     Sculpture

Content: James A. Graaskamp, (sculpture). Artist:  Burns, Michael A., sculptor. Kohler Company, contractor. Milwaukee Valve Company, contractor. Madison Brass Company, contractor. Title:  Content: James A. Graaskamp, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Content--Professor James A. Graaskamp, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 15, 1989. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Bronze, iron, brass, Valders limestone, Waterloo quartzite, Wisconsin Rapids granite, and concrete. Dimensions:  5 parts. Each: approx. 4 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Five forms grouped in a circle around a concrete slab. Each form is roughly cut overall, with some polished surfaces that suggest a geometric shape latent within. One form is a bronze pyramid; one form is limestone; one form is a cast iron cube; one form is quartzite; one is granite. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Homage -- Graaskamp, James State of Being -- Disabled Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Madison Mutual Housing Association and Cooperative, 200 North Blount Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53703 Located James A. Graaskamp Park, 1953 East Mifflin Street, Madison, Wisconsin Remarks:  Inscription on nearby marker reads: Content/In memory of Professor James A. Graaskamp/1989/Michael A. Burns/Quartzite Edward E. Gillen Co./Iron, donated and cast by Kohler Co./Bronze, donated and cast by Milwaukee Valve Co./Valders limestone/W. Rapids granite/Made possible by grants from/Milwaukee Valve Co., Kohler Co., Dane Co. Cultural Affairs Comm., Madison Committee for The Arts/with additional help from/(thirty-three contributors listed in four columns). Total cost of sculpture $32,000. Funding organized by Madison Mutual Housing Association. IAS files contain copies of articles from Wisconsin State Journal, July 27 and October 16, 1989; and Capital Times, August 9, 1989. Sculpture honors the late James A. Graaskamp, a paraplegic and University of Wisconsin professor of business, who was a founder of the University urban lands program and of the McBurney Center for Persons with Disabilities. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993. Wisconsin State Journal (Madison), July 27, 1989, Sect. D, pg. 1. The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin), Aug. 9, 1989, pg. 14. Wisconsin State Journal (Madison), Oct. 16, 1989, pg. 11. Illustration:  Image on file. Hurst, Frances W., "A Common Joy," 1991, pg. 75. 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 WI000017   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture WI000017 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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