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Solar Painting: The Terminator, (sculpture). Artist:  Watson, Ronald G., 1941- , sculptor. Title:  Solar Painting: The Terminator, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Terminator, (sculpture). Dates:  1975. Installed 1978. Medium:  Sculpture: steel, painted; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 8 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 8 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture composed of a six foot diameter cylinder that leans to one side. The cylinder is split vertically down the side with an 18" wide space that reveals the interior of the cylinder. The sculpture is painted white. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Grand Rapids Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Grand Rapids, 300 Monroe Street, City Hall, Grand Rapids, Michigan Located Justice Park, Monroe Street, N.W., between Michigan and Lyon, Grand Rapids, Michigan Remarks:  Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $5,000 given in 1978 to the City of Grand Rapids. Additional funding was provided by the artist, Urban Concerns, Inc., and the Michigan Council for the Arts. The sculpture was originally created in 1975 for a Chicago exhibition entitled "Sculpture for a New Era." The title includes the word "terminator" which is the term used to describe the meeting of light and shadow on the surface of a planet. References:  Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg. 24. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993. Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002. Illustration:  Image on file. Hendry, Fay L., "Outdoor Sculpture in Grand Rapids," Okemos, Michigan: iota Press, 1980, pg.24. Related Works:  For model see: 24470034. 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 87750003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87750003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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