Crescent Probe, (sculpture) - Salem, Oregon
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N 44° 56.137 W 123° 02.520
10T E 496685 N 4975799
Abstract art piece between the Salem Library and City Hall buildings
Waymark Code: WMFRZW
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2012
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This abstract piece contains crescent shapes mounted on a circular base. There are about twenty water jets that can spray at it and around the basin beneath are a number of concrete triangles. The whole piece measures about 16 feet tall and 14 feet across.
TITLE: Crescent Probe, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): Hansen, James Lee, 1925- , sculptor
DATE: 1973
MEDIUM: Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: concrete
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OR000265
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Centered in the courtyard between the Salem Public Library and Salem City Hall (555 Liberty Street SE).
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