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(Machine Assemblage), (sculpture). Artist:  Blivas, Don, architect. Brown, Mike, welder. Title:  (Machine Assemblage), (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1969. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: assemblage of about 20-40 steel machine parts; Base: concrete slab. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 5 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.; Base, flat slab: approx. W. 36 1/2 in. D. 56 1/2 in. Inscription:  Mike Brown M. B. D. A. B signed Description:  Abstract construction composed of predominately round forms and balanced on two thin legs. Subject:  Abstract -- Geometric Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- Chicago Sculpture Owner:  American Hydracast, 5135 North Ravenswood Avenue, Courtyard, Chicago, Illinois Provenance:  Formerly located American Die Casting Machinery Company, 5135 North Ravenswood Avenue, Courtyard, Chicago, Illinois Remarks:  American Hydracast, Inc. was formerly the American Die Casting Machinery Company. Don Blivas was the architect of the American Die Casting Machinery Company's building and he designed this sculpture using various machine parts produced by company. Sculpture's concrete base was cracked by the forklift used in the installation of the piece. The SOS! survey noted that the sculpture was scheduled to be moved, possibly destroyed. References:  Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 89-90. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois, Chicago survey, 1992. Illustration:  Image on file. Riedy, James L., "Chicago Sculpture," Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1981, pg. 89. 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 87820083   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87820083 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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