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Kangas, Gene,
Architecture -- Detail
Landscape -- Plant
Animal -- Cat
Animal -- Bird
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Norton
Sculpture
Rail, (sculpture).
Artist:
Kangas, Gene, 1944- , sculptor.
Title:
Rail, (sculpture).
Dates:
1988.
Medium:
Sculpture: painted metal.
Dimensions:
3 parts. Approx. H. 12 ft. 2 in. x W. 6 ft. 10 in. x L. 25 ft.
Inscription:
G. Kangas 1988 signed
Description:
Abstract depiction of fence in a corn field. Metal pipe painted green and representing corn, curls around rail which is painted bright blue. A black cat sits on the ground and five black birds sit atop the rail. Another black bird sits on a wall inside the library.
Subject:
Architecture -- Detail -- Fence
Landscape -- Plant -- Corn
Animal -- Cat
Animal -- Bird
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Norton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Akron-Summit County Library System, 55 South Main Street, Akron, Ohio 44308
Located Akron Public Library, Norton Branch, 3930 South Cleveland & Massillon Road, Norton, Ohio
Remarks:
There is one metal bird located inside the library, perched on the wall, bringing the sculpture partly indoors.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Cleveland survey, 1993.
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 OH000186
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Inventory of American Sculpture
OH000186
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