Amelioration, (sculpture).

Amelioration, (sculpture).

Karpowicz, Terrence, 1948- , sculptor.

Amelioration, (sculpture).

Dedicated June 7, 1989.

Aluminum and granite.

Approx. 10 x 3 x 2 ft.

Square column of granite, "broken" halfway up; the top half leans off to one side. "Broken" area is surrounded by an aluminum circle. Column stands on a four-sided aluminum base. The base is shaped like a pyramid with the top leveled off.

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois

Coadministered by University of Illinois, University of Illinois Physical Plant, 1140 South Paulina, Chicago, Illinois 60612

Coadministered by Alpha Omega Alpha, Alpha Chapter of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois

Located University of Illinois, University of Illinois Medical Center, 1819 West Polk Street, Quadrangle, Chicago Illinois

Inscription on nearby marker reads: "Amelioration"/Designed and constructed/by Terrance [sic] Karpowicz/This sculpture stands in honor of the founding of/Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society in 1902/at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, later the/University of Illinois College of Medicine/Dedicated June 7, 1989, by the officers of (Greek letters for Alpha Omega Alpha),/Alpha Chapter of Illinois.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992.

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