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Shaw, Don,
Abstract -- Geometric
Landscape -- Arkansas
Landscape -- Mountain
Landscape -- Celestial
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Batesville
Sculpture
Open Stele, (sculpture).
Artist:
Shaw, Don, 1934- , sculptor.
Title:
Open Stele, (sculpture).
Dates:
1991. Dedicated April 1991.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: steel, copper, lead, marine plywood, painted; Base: concrete.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 16 x 6 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 16 ft.
Inscription:
unsigned
Description:
Two vertical elements bridged at the top by a broken arch. Two thirds of the way up is a circular sun-shape supported on each side by a lead-covered curved wedge-shape. One third of the way up is an array of three hooked-shapes spanning the skewed verticals. The sculpture is supported by a concrete base which is located in the middle of a hexagonal brick planter. The sculpture is painted blue, green, and red. The sun disk-shape is metal-plated and reflects a rainbow of colors.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Landscape -- Arkansas -- Batesville
Landscape -- Mountain -- Ozark Mountains
Landscape -- Celestial -- Sun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Batesville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Arkansas College, Art Department, P. O. Box 2317, Batesville, Arkansas 72503
Located Arkansas College, Edwards Common, between Dining Hall and Holloway Theatre, Batesville, Arkansas 72503
Remarks:
Sculpture commissioned by Arkansas College and funded by Citizens Bank. Dona Shaw was artist-in-residence at the College when the piece was commissioned. Art professor, George Chlebak, his sculpture class, and maintenance worker Mike Foote helped to install the sculpture. Inscription on marker on south surface of planting area reads: OPEN STELE/BY D. E. SHAW/DONATED BY/CITIZENS BANK/1991. IAS files contain related articles from Batesville News (Batesville, AR), April 12, 1991; Batesville News (Batesville, AR), March 22, 1991; Arkansas College Highlander (Batesville, AR), April 12, 1991, pg. 4.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.
Arkansas College Highlander (Batesville, AR), March 22, 1991, cover.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Batesville News (Batesville, AR), April 12, 1991.
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 AR000012
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AR000012
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