Sculpture: hammered copper; Base: concrete and stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Madison Public Library 201 West Mifflin Street Courtyard Madison Wisconsin 53703
Date:
Commissioned June 1964. 1965. Dedicated June 21, 1965
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993.
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Image on file.
(On lower back of sculpture:) Shaffer/1965 signed
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Summary:
Abstract monolithic forms grouped together to form "walls" that create recesses and niches in which two human figures and an owl are placed. On one side, a female figure emerges from a larger abstract form. On the opposite side, an elderly bearded male sits further back in the recess. An owl stands with its wings unfolded in the niche below the elderly man. Undecipherable hieroglyphs cover all sides of the walls of the sculpture.
