''Untitled'' is an outdoor 1977 painted aluminum sculpture by Ivan Morrison, located at Southwest 5th Avenue and Southwest Oak Street in the
Transit Mall of
Portland, Oregon
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.
Description
The sculpture, funded by
TriMet and the
United States Department of Transportation
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, measures x , x , , and appears to blend mediums, "rendering two-dimensional fields of color in a three-dimensional form".
Parts are painted blue, red, yellow and white and contains no inscriptions.
The
Smithsonian Institution
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categorizes the sculpture as
abstract (geometric). ''Untitled'' was surveyed and considered "treatment urgent" by Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.
[
The work is part of the collection of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.]
See also
* 1977 in art
Events from the year 1977 in art.
Events
* April 19 – Yale Center for British Art gallery, designed by Louis Kahn (died 1974), opens to the public in New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
* May 8–24 – Suzanne Lacy's extended perform ...
References
External links
A Guide to Portland Public Art
(PDF), Regional Art & Culture Council
Art on the MAX Green Line: TriMet Public Art Program
(PDF), TriMet
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon
1977 establishments in Oregon
1977 sculptures
Abstract sculptures in Oregon
Aluminum sculptures in Oregon
Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Sculptures on the MAX Green Line
Southwest Portland, Oregon