Stainless Garden - Stanford, CA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Stainless Garden is a steel sculpture in a shady garden area off Serra Mall near the Hoover Tower at Stanford University. There are three concretes basses, each with an irregular grouping of rectangular box-like shapes. The shiny stainless steel surface is finished in a way that leaves sweeping circular polishing scratches on its surface. A sign mounted on one of the concrete bases reads:

Lee Kelly United States, b. 1932 Stainless Garden, 1972 Stainless steel Stanford university Museum of Art, Gift os Mr. and Mrs. John Freidenrich, 1996.267

TITLE: Stainless Garden ARTIST(S): Lee Kelly (1932- ), sculptor DATE: 1972 MEDIUM: Stainless steel CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 04920018 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: In a shady garden area off Serra Mall near the Hoover Tower, Stanford University DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: No description of the sign

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