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Wainwright, William H.,
DaNite Sign Company,
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences
Kinetic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
Science Spectrum, (sculpture).
Artist:
Wainwright, William H., 1924-2012, sculptor.
DaNite Sign Company, fabricator.
Title:
Science Spectrum, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Nevergreen Tree, (sculpture).
Dates:
August 1991.
Medium:
Stainless steel with diffraction gratings and mylar patches.
Dimensions:
Approx. H. 30 ft. x W. 16 ft. x Diam. 16 ft.
Inscription:
Bill Wainwright signed
Description:
Thirty stainless steel vertical posts with angular stainless steel arms branching out from a center post at mixed intervals forming a tree-like shape. The arms of the "tree" hold large bar-shaped "leaves" which are coverd with laminated mylar under diffraction grating. When the sun shines on the piece the light is diffracted into colors like a prism.
Subject:
Abstract -- Geometric
Allegory -- Arts & Sciences -- Science
Object Type:
Kinetic
Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Columbus
Sculpture
Owner:
Ohio Center of Science and Industry, Exhibits and Planning Division, 280 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Remarks:
IAS files contain a copy of The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), June 6, 1991 discussing the monument at part of the Center of Science and Industry's new science park, and the Center of Science and Industry's 1991 Annual Report, pg. 11 listing the sculptor Bill Wainwright and the funding sponsor, The Limited, Inc.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1992.
The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), June 6, 1991.
Illustration:
The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH), June 6, 1991.
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 OH000003
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Inventory of American Sculpture
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