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    KaiKoo III, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gold, Betty, 1935- , sculptor.
    Title: 
    KaiKoo III, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Originally installed Nov. 1990. Dedicated Dec. 17, 1990 or Feb. 14, 1991. Relocated summer 1993.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: painted steel; Base: wood.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 12 ft. x 54 in. x 41 in.; Base: approx. 5 in. x 65 1/2 in. x 93 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Artist's monogram of a "B" inside a "G" appears on the lower portion of the piece) (On plaque on base:) Betty Gold/"KAIKOO III"/GIFT OF/David and Micki Chatkin/December 17, 1990 signed
    Description: 
    An abstract sculpture comprised of a large "slab" of steel with two intersecting triangles welded on and serving as "feet." A round circle is inserted at a 90 degree angle in the center. The sculpture is painted with an enamel red paint and sits atop a base of wooden slats.
    Subject: 
    Abstract -- Geometric
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Colorado -- Vail
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Vail, Community Development, Art in Public Places, 75 South Frontage Road, Vail, Colorado 81657
    Located Vail Public Library, Intersection of West Meadow Drive & recreation path, Vail, Colorado
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Lionshead Mall, Parking structure, Facing West Meadow Drive, Vail, Colorado 1990-1993.
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was gift of David and Micki Chatkin of Pittsburgh (General Purpose Steel, Inc.) in 1900. The sculpture was originally installed in Lionshead Mall, at the Lionshead Parking Structure. It was repainted in 1993 before being moved to its current site. An attached fact sheet to the SOS! survey and the Vail Daily article state that the piece was acquired in Sept. 1990. The plaque gives the dedication date as Dec. 17, 1990 and the SOS! survey gives the date as Feb. 14, 1991. IAS files include related articles from the Vail Daily, Nov. 25, 1990 and the Vail Trail, Dec. 7, 1990, which both include photographs of the work in its original site. IAS files also include pertinent correspondence between the donor and the Town.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Vail Trail, Dec. 7, 1990, pg. 18.
    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 CO000549
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