Wild Rice - Albany, NY
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Wild Rice is a geometric abstract sculpture located in the northwest corner of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY
Waymark Code: WMHX3V
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2013
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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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