Model for Crescendo - Wheeling, West Virginia - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A free-form piece of bent and tapered stainless steel, with burnishing marks. The form is a loop of metal with rounded edge down and two sides not touching. One end of the piece is pointed straight up; the other points horizontally to the Northwest. The metal piece is mounted to a black marble base, which is on a concrete plinth. The plinth is surrounded by a circle of wood chips.

This is a model for a sculpture commissioned and owned by the Christiania Life Insurance Corporation, Tarrytown, New York. The model was a gift from Mr. Lloyd C. Briggs, then president of the CLIC, to his friend Father Al Jolson, then president of Wheeling Jesuit College.

- Smithsonia Art Inventory

The sculpture is as described in the Smithsonian Art Inventory. The sculpture is located of Swint Circle near Swint Hall, parking is available nearby

TITLE: Model for Crescendo ARTIST(S): Hans Van de Bouvenkamp DATE: 1983 MEDIUM: Sculpture: stainless steel; Base: black marble and concrete. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS WV000048 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Wheeling Jesuit University Swint Circle near Swint Hall Wheeling, West Virginia 26003 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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