Facets to the Sun, (sculpture).

Facets to the Sun, (sculpture).

Bourgeois, Louise, 1911-2010, sculptor.

Facets to the Sun, (sculpture).

1978. Completed April 1978.

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Sculpture: painted steel on concrete and stone plaza.

Sculpture: approx. 4 1/2 x 10 x 12 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 10 x 12 ft.

(On bronze plaque on front of base:) LOUISE BOURGEOIS/FACETS TO THE SUN/1978/COMMISSIONED UNDER THE/ART-IN-ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM/GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION/UNITED STATES OF AMERICA unsigned

Abstract -- Geometric

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Manchester

Administered by United States General Services Administration, Art-in-Architecture Program, 18th & F Streets, Washington, District of Columbia 20506

Located Norris Cotton Federal Building, 275 Chestnut Street, Manchester, New Hampshire

The sculpture was commissioned through the General Service Administration's Art-in-Architecture program. IAS files contain copy of related G.S.A. correspondence and inventory file.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.

Wye, Deborah, "Louise Bourgeois", New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1982, pg. 32, 92, 109-110, 122.

Wye, Deborah, "Louise Bourgeois", New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1982, pg. 92, 110.

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