Coadministered by City and County of Denver Commission on Cultural Affairs Ste. 1600, 1st Western Plaza, 303 W. Colfax Avenue Denver Colorado 80204
Coadministered by City and County of Denver Department of Parks & Recreation 2300 15th Street, Suite 150 Denver Colorado 80202
Located Traffice medians in front of 144 Colfax Avenue and 745 West Colfax Avenue Denver Colorado
Date:
1974. Dedicated 1974 or 1975
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Colorado, Denver survey, 1993.
City and County of Denver, 1987.
City and County of Denver, Mayor's Office of Art, Culture and Film, 1996.
Image on file.
(On each piece:) R. Mangold, '74 (Plaque on sculpture at 144 Colfax:) Presented to the City of Denver/By Robert Magnold/And the Park People 1975/Artist Robert Mangold (Plaque on sculpture at 745 West Colfax:) Presented to the City of Denver/By the Park People/Artist R. Mangold signed
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Summary:
Two sets of two separate abstract tree forms. The sculptures are made of steel pipes of various diameters, welded vertically and attached laterally to a center trunk of a thicker pipe. All of the pipes are cut at 45 degree angles. The sculptures are welded to a square plate bolted to a cement foundation.
