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    		• Ohsfeldt, Gerald E.,
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Homage -- Rigney, Raye Hines
     
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    		• Sundial
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Las Cruces
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Memorial Sun Dial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ohsfeldt, Gerald E., designer.
    Title: 
    Memorial Sun Dial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Aug. 1974. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1974.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sundial: concrete, steel and chrome; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sundial: approx. H. 12 ft. x Diam. 10 ft.; Base: approx. 16 in. x 25 ft. x 20 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On upper left quadrant of plaque on base, raised:) NEW MEXICO STATE/UNIVERSITY (On upper right quadrant of plaque, raised:) IN MEMORY OF/RAYE HINES RIGNEY/CLASS OF 1911 (On lower right quadrant of plaque, raised:) THIS SUNDIAL IS A GIFT OF/ELSIE RAYE RIGNEY CARR/CLASS OF 1936/AND/JESSE LAWRENCE CARR MD/DESIGNER/GERALD E. OHSFELDT/CONSTRUCTED 1974 (On lower left quadrant of plaque, raised: instructions for using sundial) unsigned
    Description: 
    A sundial consisting of a shaft-like gnomon set at an angle of approximately 30 degrees from the horizontal, whose shadow falls upon an arc with time indicators on its concave face.
    Subject: 
    Object -- Other -- Sundial
    Homage -- Rigney, Raye Hines
    Object Type: 
    Sundial
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Las Cruces
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by New Mexico State University, Art Department, Box 3572, Williams 100A, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003
    Located New Mexico State University, West entrance of Hadley Hall Administration building, on Weddell, Las Cruces, New Mexico
    Remarks: 
    A memorial to Raye Hines Rigney given by her daughter Elsie Raye Rigney Carr and her daughter's husband Jesse Lawrence Carr. Rigney was a member of the New Mexico State University Class of 1911, and her daughter was a member of the Class of 1936. Cost was $5,000. The designer was formerly a landscape architect at the University, and the sundial was constructed by the University's physical plant department and local craftsmen. IAS files contain related articles from NMSU Roundup, Feb. 13, 1974; Sept. 27, 1974; Sept. 29, 1974; and Sept. 30, 1974.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    NMSU Roundup, Aug. 29, 1974.
    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 NM000105
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