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    		• Edwards, Melvin,
     
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    		• McDermott Brothers Company,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Piscataway
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Education Is an Open Book, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Edwards, Melvin, 1937- , sculptor.
    McDermott Brothers Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Education Is an Open Book, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed Sept. 1987.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 13 x 5 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 8 in. x 16 ft. x 16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    An open book placed atop a pedestal supported by geometric forms.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Education
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New Jersey -- Piscataway
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Rutgers University, Livingston Campus, Facilities Maintenance, Piscataway, New Jersey
    Located Rutgers University, Livingston Campus, Livingston Student Center, Piscataway, New Jersey
    Remarks: 
    Nearby plaque reads: "Education Is An Open Book"/By Melvin E. Edwards/1987/Made Possible By/Philip and Muriel Berman/of Allentown, PA.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Jersey survey, 1994.
    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 NJ000105
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