Axeltree

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Axeltree
LibermanAxeltree1967.jpg
Artist Alexander Liberman
Year1967
Medium Steel
Movement Abstract
Dimensions190 cm× 370 cm× 280 cm(74 in× 144 in× 110 in)
Location Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°10′33.4″N87°56′16.4″W / 43.175944°N 87.937889°W / 43.175944; -87.937889
OwnerBradley Family Foundation
Website https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/collection/axeltree

Axeltree is a public art work by Russian-American artist Alexander Liberman located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The sculpture is an abstract form; it is installed on the lawn. [2]

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Axeltree is a steel sculpture painted red-orange. The statue is 84 in x 144 in x 110 in. [1]

The sculpture is made up of a large flat disk on its side connected to a wide tube base. A smaller concave disk is set perpendicular to the larger disk and is connected to the base by a narrow, curved tube. A jagged tube protrudes from the tube that connects the smaller disk and extends to the other side of the base. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bradley Family Foundation (2012). "Axeltree (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Axeltree". Lynden Sculpture Garden. Lynden Sculpture Garden. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2012.