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Chip Fragment, (sculpture). Artist:  Vail, Lorraine, sculptor. Artworks Foundry, fabricator. Title:  Chip Fragment, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Medium:  Sculpture: bronze over stainless steel; Base: concrete. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  Bronze over stainless steel representation of microchip circuitry. The sculpture is tilted at an angle and sits on a grouping of concrete pedestals which are tilted at the same angle. Scattered throughout the face of the microchip are small reliefs done in bronze. These reliefs include an elephant sitting at a computer terminal holding a mouse; a rabbit, gerbils and other animals. Also in relief are portraits of various figures related to the microchip industry, including Robert Noyce and Walter Jeremiah Sanders III. Subject:  Object -- Other -- Microchip Portrait male -- Noyce, Robert -- Full length Portrait male -- Sanders, Walter Jeremiah -- Full length Animal -- Elephant Animal -- Mouse Object -- Other -- Computer Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Sunnyvale Relief Sculpture Owner:  Advanced Micro Devices, 834 Lakechime Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089 Remarks:  Nearby plaque: " 'Chip Arrangements' Stainless steel & Bronze, For Advanced Micro, Fabricated by Artworks Foundry". IAS files contain copy of Advanced Micro Devices brochure " 'Chip Fragment' Bronze and Stainless Steel, Lorraine Vail, Sculptor, A Critical Analysis" (text by Mark Fulton), which includes working pencil sketches of the bronze relief figures on the sculpture. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, California 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 CA001178   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA001178 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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