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di Suvero, Mark,
Abstract -- Geometric
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Sculpture
Snowplow, (sculpture).
Artist:
di Suvero, Mark, 1933- , sculptor.
Title:
Snowplow, (sculpture).
Dates:
Commissioned 1972. Installed ca. 1973. Relocated ca. 1985-1986.
Medium:
Painted steel, and rubber tire.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 7 1/2 ft. x W. 12 ft. x L. 17 ft.; Gravel bed: approx. diam. 19 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
unsigned
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Indianapolis
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Indianapolis, Central Equipment Management Division, 1426 West 29th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208
Owned by Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1200 West 38th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-4196 Accession Number: 76.204
Located Indianapolis Department of Parks & Recreations, Southwest corner of East Riverside Drive & 30th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana
Remarks:
Funded with a National Endowment for the Arts, Art in Public Places grant of $20,000 given in 1971 to the City of Indianapolis. In Feb. 1975, members of the Indianapolis Sesquicentennial Commission purchased the di Suvero sculpture, (then located at the Illinois Center in Chicago), to mark the City's 150th birthday (which had taken place earlier in 1971). The sculpture cost $42,600, funded with a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Art s (NEA) and $20,000 from the sale of city sesquicentennial medallions and cookbooks. The purchased sculpture was loaned to the Whitney Museum in New York City for much of 1975; and did not return to Indianapolis until the Fall of 1976. In November 1977, the sculpture was placed outside the Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis.
The sculpture proved to be controversial and in the late 1970s or March of 1981, it was moved to the headquarters of the White River Park Commission on West Washington Street. Because that location was not highly visible, the sculpture was moved to its current site around 1985-1986. IAS files contain newspaper clipping dated Oct. 27, 1993, which gives history of sculpture controversy.
Metal plaque on small concrete block on gravel at northwest, reads: Snowplow/by/Mark di Suvero/From the permanent collection of the/Indianapolis Museum of Art/For the people of Indianapolis celebrating/the city's 150th birthday in 1971/Gift of the Indianapolis Sesquicentennial Commission.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1988.
Heritage Preservation SOS! survey of NEA Art in Public Places funded sculpture, 2002.
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 13730029
Copy/Holding information
Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum
Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
13730029
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