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Breaker, (sculpture). Artist:  Black, David Evans, 1928- , sculptor. Allied Fabricating and Welding Company, fabricator. Title:  Breaker, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned Dec. 1980. Dedicated July 9, 1982. Relocated June 5, 1985. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: aluminum plate, painted.; Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 25 ft. x W. 65 ft. Description:  A white twisting metal sculpture symbolizing the ocean's waves breaking on the shore. Subject:  Abstract Waterscape -- Sea Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Ohio State University, Campus Memorial Art Committee, The Office of the University Architect and Physical Planning, 400 Central Classroom Building, 2009 Millikin Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210 Located Ohio State University, College Avenue, between Wright Hall & Page Hall, Columbus, Ohio Remarks:  The University's Development Fund paid the $30,000-$35,000 cost to produce and install the sculpture. Sculpture was originally installed adjacent to Mershon Auditorium on a sixteen-ton concrete foundation, but was moved in 1985 to make way for the construction of the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts. IAS files contain related articles from The Ohio State Lantern, June 25, 1982; July 13, 1982; and June 6, 1985; and Ohio State University Alumni Magazine (Sept. 1982): pg. 15. IAS files also contain the artist's statement about the piece and a 1985 University press release detailing the move of the sculpture. SOS! surveyor did not complete the condition portion of the survey. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1993. 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 76008970   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76008970 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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