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Sculptor:
Fender, Roy  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: telephone poles; Base: concrete
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Western Maryland College Public Affairs Office 2 College Hill, Harrison House Westminster Maryland 21157
Located Western Maryland College Behind Lewis Recitation Hall Westminster Maryland
Date:
1976
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
Image on file.
(Brass plaque on top of base:) "DIFFERENCE ('not equal to' sign) DISHONESTY"/Roy Fender/Gift of the artist, 1976
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.
Summary:
Interlocking, five-foot long sections of telephone pole are laid horizontally to form an X and stacked vertically to form a tower thirteen rows high. Each section of pole represents one of the thirteen colonies.
Topic:
Abstract  Search this
Control number:
IAS MD000284
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_331625