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Benin, Arrival-Departure, (sculpture). Artist:  Patterson, Curtis, 1944- , sculptor. Perkins, Skip, architect. Perkins & James, architectural firm. Title:  Benin, Arrival-Departure, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Dec. 15, 1984. Medium:  Sculpture: stainless steel tubing; Wall: aluminum. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 15 ft. x 120 ft. x 2 in. Inscription:  (On lower right side of sculpture:) C. PATTERSON/1984 signed Description:  Polished stainless steel tubing mounted on track wall. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Ethnic -- African Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Atlanta Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Architecture Branch, Engineering Division, 2424 Piedmont Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia Located MARTA Lenox Station, Platform level, Atlanta, Georgia Remarks:  IAS files contain a copy of "MARTA Station Art Book," Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, 1989, pg. 17, which indicates the artist was influenced by a trip to Nigeria and the linear designs of Nigerian houses seen as his plane landed. Nearby plaque reads: MARTA Art Project/Curtis Patterson/Benin Approach-Departure/December 15, 1984. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994. 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 GA000364   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000364 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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