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Angola, (sculpture). Artist:  Witkin, Isaac, 1936-2006, sculptor. Title:  Angola, (sculpture). Dates:  1968. Dedicated 1978. Medium:  Sculpture: Cor-Ten steel; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 85 x 103 x 72 in. Inscription:  (On bronze plaque on top right side of base:) ISAAK WITKIN/B. 1936/ANGOLA/GIFT OF A MEMBER OF THE/COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS/AT MIT unsigned Description:  An abstract sculpture made of sheets of Cor-Ten steel bent into a zig-zag shape with a scalloped shape attached to one corner. The sculpture is mounted on a low rectangular concrete base. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Allegory -- Place -- Angola Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Accession Number: 78.2 Located Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Front lawn of Hayden Memorial Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Cabot, Lewis, until 1978. Remarks:  For additional information see Katy Kline's "Art and Architecture at M.I.T.: A Walking Tour of the Campus," Cambridge, MA: Committee on the Visual Arts, M.I.T., 1988 (2nd edition). References:  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center, 1991. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 66050030   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 66050030 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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