Karl Momen
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Karl Momen is a Swedish architect, painter and sculptor. He was born in 1934 in the city of Mashad, Iran.
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Momen is the creator of the Metaphor: The Tree of Utah, an 87 foot sculpture resembling a tree in the salt flats off of route I-80. Apparently, while driving along the highway to California, Momen had a vision of a tree in the desert. He financed the project himself and built it from 1982 to 1986, afterwards donating the sculpture to the state of Utah.