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Lang, David,
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Framingham
Sculpture
The Question Is the Answer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Lang, David, 1941-2017, sculptor.
Title:
The Question Is the Answer, (sculpture).
Dates:
1979.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: Cor-Ten and stainless steel; Base: Cor-Ten steel.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. x W. 6 ft.; Base: approx. H. 48 in. x W. 19 in.
Inscription:
(Base, side facing street:) LANG '79 (Base, side facing museum:) THE QUESTION IS THE ANSWER signed
Description:
A square strip of steel representing a question mark with a silver dot balanced on one end. The sculpture rests on a tall narrow rectangular base.
Subject:
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Framingham
Sculpture
Owner:
Danforth Museum of Art, 123 Union Avenue, Front lawn, Framingham, Massachusetts 01701
Provenance:
Formerly located Middlesex School, 100 Lowell Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742
Remarks:
IAS files contain an excerpt from The Middlesex School Bulletin (Summer 1979): pg. 6; and a copy of the artist's statement dated Sept. 1979.
References:
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.
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 87740197
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