Fargo Podium, (sculpture).

Fargo Podium, (sculpture).

Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008, sculptor.

Fargo Podium, (sculpture).

Installed 1982.

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Sculpture: mixed media collage, including rug, shirt, silkscreen fabrics, and glass; Base: steel.

Sculpture: approx. 3 ft. x 17 ft. x 15 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 4 in. x 15 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 8 in.

A three-dimensional collage of pictures and materials encased in laminated, tempered glass.

Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles

Administered by L and B Institutional Property Managers of California, 444 South Flower Street, Suite 1750, Los Angeles, California 90071

Located Four Forty-Four Plaza, 444 South Flower Street, Third galleria level, Los Angeles, California

Commissioned by the corporate owners of the building (initially named the Wells Fargo Building) and developed as part of a 1.1 million dollar public art program. The project was part of the One Percent for the Arts, Community Redevelopment Agency, Art in Public Places program; and supported by co-developer Atlantic Richfield Co., a subsidiary of Rockefeller Center, Inc. The artist intended his design to be functional, a sculpture that people could sit, stand, and walk on. IAS files contain transcription on adjacent plaque; a June 2, 1982 press release and pamphlet: "Wells Fargo Building: A Guide to the Art Program."

Treated 1995. Wharton & Griswold Associates, Inc. (Santa Barbara, CA). Treatment report on file with operations manager, P. M. Realty Group (Los Angeles, CA).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.

SOS Conservation Notification Report, 1997.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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