Laureate (Lipton)

Laureate
Artist Seymour Lipton
Year 1969
Type nickel-coated, welded sheet metal
Dimensions 380 cm × 170 cm (150 in × 68 in)
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owner Milwaukee Riverwalk

Laureate is a public art work by American artist Seymour Lipton, located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The abstract artwork was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center.[2] It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street.

References

  1. ^ "Laureate (sculpture).". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1325U91O2G296.1526&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!27374~!7&ri=7&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=laureate&index=.GW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=7. Retrieved 28 December 2011. 
  2. ^ Buck, Diane M. and Virginia A. Palmer (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.
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