Wild Rice - Albany, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A 22' by 5' by 5' is a yellow and red painted steel geometric abstract sculpture entitled Wild Rice. It is located in the northwest side of the Empire State Plaza between Legislative Office Building and Agency Building #4 in Albany, NY. This sculpture by Lyman Kipp was created in 1967. It was acquired by then Governor in Nelson A. Rockefeller as part of an extensive art collection on display at the New State Capitol complex.

The yellow part of Wild Rice consists of four vertical square beams set at right angles to each other forming an equilateral cross. On to of the cross are red painted beams set horizontally to form a cross that extends over the yellow beams. The sculpture stands in a circular concrete space in the middle of a walkway.

TITLE: Wild Rice ARTIST(S): Lyman Kipp DATE: created 1967 MEDIUM: painted steel CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76001912 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Empire State Plaza between Legislative Office Building and Agency Building #4 Albany, NY DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Top of the sculpture is a cross, X, not a T

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