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    		• Gregory, Don,
     
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    		• Kenning, Gary,
     
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    		• Swanson, K.,
     
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    		• Artstone,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure male -- Nude
     
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    		• Allegory -- Place
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Architectural component
     
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    Man and the Universe, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gregory, Don, sculptor.
    Kenning, Gary, assistant.
    Swanson, K., assistant.
    Artstone, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Man and the Universe, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1962-1963. Dedicated May 4, 1963.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Concrete with quartz aggregate surface.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. H. 18 ft. x W. 37 ft. (104,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (In lower right corner:) DG '47/GK '64/KS '62 signed
    Description: 
    Full-length male figure, nude except for a loincloth, stands within three oval forms in a frieze on the facade of the Nobel Hall of Science. Both arms are extended at his sides with elbows bent. He holds a compass or caliper in his proper right hand and a pentagonal duodecahedron, or twelve-sided crystal, in his proper left hand. His head is turned to his proper right. Spheres orbit the figure from the oval forms. Two of the ovals are horizontal and the third is vertical.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Figure male -- Nude
    Allegory -- Place -- Extraterrestrial
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
    Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Peter
    Relief
    Architectural component
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota 56082
    Located Gustavus Adolphus College, Nobel Hall of Science, St. Peter, Minnesota
    Remarks: 
    The artist was Chair of the Art Department at the College when the sculpture was executed. He was assisted by two students. IAS files include related articles from the Science Herald, Oct. 11, 1962 and the Gustavus Quarterly, March 1963.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 MN000582
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