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Holt, Nancy,
Koehler Brothers,
Spicer Engineering,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Saginaw
Sculpture
Annual Rings, (sculpture).
Artist:
Holt, Nancy, 1938-2014, sculptor.
Koehler Brothers, fabricator.
Spicer Engineering, engineering firm.
Title:
Annual Rings, (sculpture).
Dates:
1980. Dedicated April 4, 1981. Relocated 2000.
Medium:
Sculpture: steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 13 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 30 ft. (5 tons).
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
A huge steel dome constructed with one inch square steel bars. At the top of the dome is a circular opening through which sunlight shines on the summer solstice. The shadow cast by the sun is surrounded by a circular metal bar embedded in the ground inside the dome. Eight-foot circular openings on the east and west sides of the dome frame the rising and setting sun at the equinoxes. A six-foot circular opening on the north side of the dome frames the North Star.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Saginaw
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 18th & F Streets, Washington, District of Columbia 20506
Located Saginaw Valley State University, Across from Ryder Center near College Drive East and Davis Road, Saginaw Michigan 48710
Provenance:
Formerly located Federal Building, 100 South Warren, Roof, Saginaw, Michigan 48601 until 1999.
Remarks:
The inscription on a plaque located near the former location read: Nancy Holt / Annual Rings / 1981 / Commissioned under the Art-in-Architecture Program / General Services Administration / United States of America. The sculpture, formerly located on the roof the Federal Building in downtown Saginaw, was relocated when the building was demolished in 1999. The sculpture was installed on the campus of Saginaw Valley State Univeristy in 2000.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
General Services Administration, 1984.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.
Saginaw Valley State University, 2016.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Art in America (March 1982): pg. 85.
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 75002878
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Inventory of American Sculpture
75002878
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