Circular Couple - Ypsilanti, MI
N 42° 14.801 W 083° 37.471
17T E 283478 N 4680500
Circular Couple is a sculpture by William Barrett from 1965 located on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM1927V
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2023
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This blue painted steel sculpture show two figures intertwined and titled "Circular Couple". According to its Smithsonian entry: "Gift of the Merlin Kellers in 1983. The sculpture was executed while the artist, a 1958 graduate of the University, was a guest sculptor there in the 1960s. IAS files contain an unpublished excerpt from Einar Kvaran's "Annotated Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County," 1989. For related reading, see the Eastern Echo, the University's student newspaper, Winter 1983 and EMU Focus v. 29 no. 30."
The sculpture dimensions are: approx. 63 x 18 x 38 in
TITLE: Circular Couple
ARTIST(S): Bill Barrett
DATE: 1966
MEDIUM: Sculpture: steel, painted light grey; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS MI000702
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Eastern Michigan University, Courtyard at Ford, Welch & Starkweather Halls,
University address:
900 Oakwood St, Ypsilanti, MI 48197
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The piece appears to have been repainted. SIRIS calls it light grey but to me it is now a deep blue.
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