Grasshopper (sculpture)

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Grasshopper (sculpture)
Artist Wayne Chabre
Year1988 (1988)
TypeSculpture
MediumCopper
Subject Grasshopper
Dimensions1.5 m× 0.76 m× 0.61 m(5 ft× 2.5 ft× 2 ft)
Condition"Treatment needed" (1993)
Location Salem, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°56′28″N123°02′15″W / 44.9410°N 123.0374°W / 44.9410; -123.0374

Grasshopper is an outdoor 1988 copper sculpture by Wayne Chabre, located in Salem, Oregon, United States.

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Description and history

Wayne Chabre's Grasshopper, dedicated in 1988, depicts an insect of the same name, mounted in a head-down position on the exterior brick wall of a building at 455 Court Street Northeast. The brazed copper sculpture measures 5 feet (1.5 m) x 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 2 feet (0.61 m). It was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in August 1993, and was administered by the City of Salem's Community Development department at that time. [1]

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References

  1. "Grasshopper, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on June 29, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2015.