Steel Reborn

Steel Reborn
Artist Charles Toman
Year 1965
Type welded steel
Dimensions 1,100 cm (420 in)
Location Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owner Miller Compressing Company

Steel Reborn is a public art work by American artist Charles Toman, located in front of the Miller Compressing Company on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The abstract artwork is a three-ton welded steel ball placed atop a 35-foot base.[2] It is located at 1640 West Bruce Street.

The work was commissioned by Miller Compressing to demonstrate the value of recycling. The artist selected the materials and fabricated the piece on site.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Steel Reborn (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&menu=search&aspect=Keyword&npp=50&ipp=20&spp=20&profile=ariall&ri=4&source=~!siartinventories&index=.GW&term=steel+reborn&x=0&y=0&aspect=Keyword. 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.
  3. ^ Buck, Diane M. and Virginia A. Palmer (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison.