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Absolut Landmark, (sculpture). Artist:  Herd, Stan, sculptor. Title:  Absolut Landmark, (sculpture). Dates:  1989-1990. Medium:  Clover, wheat, sorghum, and milo. Dimensions:  Approx. 15 to 20 acres. Inscription:  (On bottle:) (Inscribed bust)/ABSOLUT/VODKA/(...transcription illegible)/IMPORTED Description:  Crop art sculpture in a large farm field of a bottle of Absolut vodka, on a star quilt table top. There is a bust of a man within an inscribed circle near the top of the bottle, with lettering both below it and at the bottom. The sculpture is planted with biseasonal crops. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Container Object -- Foodstuff -- Beverage Figure male -- Bust Object -- Other -- Linens Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas Site-specific Earthwork Logo Sculpture Owner:  Neis, Sam, Jr. & Elizabeth, Farm field near Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Remarks:  Sculpture was created for Michel Roux, President and CEO of Carillon Importers (Teaneck, New Jersey) and photographs of it were used for a public relations promotion by the company. Students from University of Kansas Art and Design programs assisted with design implementation. A double crop was planted for the sculpture, the first of which was wheat, harvested in June; the second crop was of clover, sorghum and milo, provided fall coloring. IAS files contain article from the Topeka Capitol-Journal, May 24, 1991 and photograph taken in 1990. For additional reading see Stan Herd's "Crop Art and Other Earthworks," New York: H.N. Abrams, 1994. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995. 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 KS000468   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KS000468 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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