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    		• LaGrasse, Deborah,
     
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    		• Abstract -- Geometric
     
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    		• Literature -- Newton
     
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    		• Allegory -- Other
     
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    		• Homage -- Newton, Isaac
     
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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Object -- Tool
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Radford
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Speculations on Nature, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    LaGrasse, Deborah, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Speculations on Nature, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1991.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted fabricated steel, cast iron, aluminum, titanium, glass; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 x 12 x 16 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 12 x 16 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On tip of cone on ground:) x+y=0/x=0/y=0/0=0 (Around surface of bomb:) FOR THE VELOCITY WHICH A GIVEN FORCE CAN GENERATE IN A GIVEN MATTER IN A GIVEN TIME IS DIRECTLY AS THE FORCE AND THE TIME AND INVERSELY AS THE MATTER. THE GREATER THE FORCE OR THE TIME IS OR THE LESS THE MATTER, THE GREATER THE VELOCITY GENERATED.-SIR ISAAC NEWTON signed
    Description: 
    Abstract installation set on a triangular base of crushed stone. In one corner stands a circular concave element attached to the top of a pole. Opposite this element stands a compass balanced on its two points. From the top of the compass hang two chains. A black bomb-shaped element hangs from one chain. An upright cone supporting a globe hangs from the other chain. The globe has a bas-relief of North America. The cone and globe are enclosed in an open horizontal frame supported by two legs. Off to one side, situated in another corner of the triangular base, is a half-cone lying on its side.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Literature -- Newton
    Allegory -- Other -- Physics
    Homage -- Newton, Isaac
    Object -- Other -- Globe
    Object -- Weapon -- Ammunition
    Object -- Tool -- Measuring Device
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Radford
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Radford University, University Galleries, Box 6965, Powell 200, Radford, Virginia
    Located Radford University, Radford, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture represents an exploration of Newton's experimental philosophy. The sculpture was initially installed as part of the Alabama Biennial on the campus of the University of Alabama, 1991-1992. IAS files contain copy of related artist's statement.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    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 VA000560
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