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Gummer, Don,
Gerst, Robert L.,
Vector Custom Fabricating,
Adam Ross Cut Stone Company,
Harding & Cogswell Corporation,
Bartley & Perigo Masonry Contractors,
Edmund L. Hafer Architect,
Abstract
Architecture -- Art Building
Architecture -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Evansville
Sculpture
The Planes of Nature, (sculpture).
Artist:
Gummer, Don, 1946- , sculptor.
Gerst, Robert L., architect.
Vector Custom Fabricating, fabricator.
Adam Ross Cut Stone Company, fabricator.
Harding & Cogswell Corporation, fabricator.
Bartley & Perigo Masonry Contractors, fabricator.
Edmund L. Hafer Architect, architectural firm.
Title:
The Planes of Nature, (sculpture).
Dates:
1987. Dedicated Sept. 28, 1987.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite or limestone, marble, and stainless steel; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 76 in. x 84 in. x 5 ft.; Base: approx. 17 x 92 x 68 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
An abstract sculpture composed of stacked stone slabs, creating the impression of a postmodern, open, three story building. Included on the first "floor" are a room with a courtyard, and the top and middle sections reflect the diagonal between the new and old sections of the Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences. Sculpture is mounted upon a rectangular base.
Subject:
Abstract
Architecture -- Art Building -- Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences
Architecture -- Other -- Courtyard
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Evansville
Sculpture
Owner:
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, 411 South East Riverside Drive, Kuehn Terrace, Evansville, Indiana 47713
Remarks:
Fabricators include: Vector Custom Fabricating (steel); Adam Ross Cut Stone Company (marble); Hard & Cogswell Corporation (limestone); Bartley & Perigo Masonry Contractors (assembly). The architectural consultant was Robert L. Gerst, for Edmund L. Hafer Architect. IAS files contain a related clipping from The Evansville Courier, Sept. 29, 1987, Metro section. IAS files also contain a related pamphlet which contains the artist's statement and a list of contributors. SOS! survey lists media as granite and marble; pamphlet identifies as limestone and marble.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
The Evansville Courier, Sept. 29, 1987, Metro sect.
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 IN000500
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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