Getting Down with the Blues, (sculpture).

Getting Down with the Blues, (sculpture).

Oikelmus, Steven, sculptor.

Getting Down with the Blues, (sculpture).

Blues Battle, (sculpture).

Steel, painted.

Approx. 5 ft. 9 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft.

(Near base, artist's monogram:) SJO signed

An abstract sculpture created with triangles and semicircles to symbolize the music of Muddy Water and Eric Clapton. The sculpture is in two parts that lock together with a locking mechanism.

Performing Arts -- Music -- Blues

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Boston

Steven Oikelmus, 11 St. John Street, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts 02130

Formerly located Brookline Arts Center 86 Monmouth Street, Brookline, Massachusetts 02146 1988.

The sculptor created this piece for an art show held at the Brookline Art Center in 1988. Public response to the sculpture was so great that the artist kept the sculpture on loan to the Brookline Art Center. The artist completed the SOS! survey questionnaire in 1994 and sometime after that date, the sculpture was relocated.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.

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.

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