Bonded Helix - Georgetown, TX
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N 30° 35.791 W 097° 41.333
14R E 625695 N 3385619
Image of the sculpture is used as logo by the Parker & Rogers Construction Company.
Waymark Code: WM123EY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/16/2020
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Smithsonian Art Inventory"A giant twisting loop formed on one side by a large chain, and on the other by a fluid four-sided bar of metal, which twists several times before angling down to join the sculpture's base again. The sculpture is reddish-brown in coloring and is in a rectangular brick base with a pool/fountain between the sculpture's two legs."
There was no water at the base of this sculpture as described.
TITLE: Bonded Helix
ARTIST(S): Seppo Aarnos
DATE: 1987
MEDIUM: Cor-Ten steel
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000075
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Parker and Rogers Construction Company / 4915 IH 35 / Georgetown, Texas 78624
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
No longer has a fountain at its base.
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