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Daniel, John,
Landscape -- Tree
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Longview
Sculpture
Night Winds, (sculpture).
Artist:
Daniel, John, sculptor.
Title:
Night Winds, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed in 1981.
Medium:
Black steel covered with multi-colored shapes.
Description:
Depiction of two stylized trees joined by a crossbar.
Subject:
Landscape -- Tree
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Longview
Sculpture
Owner:
Kilgore College, Longview, Texas
Remarks:
The sculpture was torn down in 1986 because it was not considered to have artistic value. The following was said of the piece, "Perfect example of a communist policy to erect ugly and meaningless objects instead of artworks of beauty and inspiration."
References:
Associated Press, 1986.
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 64400001
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Inventory of American Sculpture
64400001
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