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Meadmore, Clement,
PBI Industries,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Up and Away, (sculpture).
Artist:
Meadmore, Clement, 1929-2005, sculptor.
PBI Industries, fabricator.
Title:
Up and Away, (sculpture).
Dates:
1977.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 12 x 10 x 24 ft. (9000 lbs.).
Description:
Softly twisted J-shaped rectangular tube.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by PNC Bank, 2300 One Oliver Plaza, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15265
Located PNC Bank Plaza, Fifth Avenue & Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Created for the "Sculpturescape" project of the 1977 Three Rivers Arts Festival. Eight area companies donated materials or labor for the creation and installation of works created for the festival. Low alloy steel given by U.S. Steel Corporation. In 1977, during "Sculpturescape," the piece was installed on Commonwealth Boulevard near the Hilton Hotel. For related article see: Pittsburgh Press, Nov. 20, 1977, Roto section.
References:
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 75.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0161, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Evert, Marilyn, "Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture," Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983, pg. 113.
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 64480043
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Inventory of American Sculpture
64480043
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