List of public art in Tippecanoe County, Indiana

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This is a list of public art in Tippecanoe County, Indiana.

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This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

Most of the works mentioned are sculptures. When this is not the case (i.e. sound installation, for example) it is stated next to the title.

Battle Ground

TitleArtistYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwnerImage
Battle of Tippecanoe Monument John H. Mahoney 1908 Tippecanoe Battlefield Park 40°30′21.8″N86°50′40.8″W / 40.506056°N 86.844667°W / 40.506056; -86.844667 Granite Overall: approx. 90 x 35 x 35 ft.; Harrison: approx. 7 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.National Park Service [1] Tippecanoe Battlefield Moument.jpg

Cairo

TitleArtistYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwnerImage
Operation Skywatch Memorial Mary McDonald 1976 Limestone Sculpture: approx. 6 x 4 x 3 ft.Lawrence O'Connor? [2]

Lafayette

TitleArtistYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwnerImage
Marquis de Lafayette Lorado Taft 1887 Tippecanoe County Courthouse 40°25′8.25″N86°53′35.97″W / 40.4189583°N 86.8933250°W / 40.4189583; -86.8933250 Metal Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.Tippecanoe County Commissioners [3] Tippecanoe County Courthouse and Lafayette statue.jpg
Entrance Relief, Former Merchants National Bank H. H. Waterman 1917-1918316 Main Street 40°25′9.18″N86°53′37.71″W / 40.4192167°N 86.8938083°W / 40.4192167; -86.8938083 Limestone or graniteAngel figures: each approx. 9 x 9 x 1 ft.; Figure of Lafayette: approx. 3 ft. x 9 in. x 6 in. [4]
Ouabache Richard McNeely1976East side of the Wabash River on the Union/Salem Streets bridge [5] 40°25′31.04″N86°53′32.99″W / 40.4252889°N 86.8924972°W / 40.4252889; -86.8924972 Aluminum Figure: approx. 31 ft. x 16 ft. x 5 ft. 4 in.City of Lafayette [6]
Tippecanoe County Courthouse Elias Max 1882Tippecanoe County Courthouse 40°25′7″N86°53′37″W / 40.41861°N 86.89361°W / 40.41861; -86.89361 Zinc, paint9 sculptures. Justice: approx. 14 x 4 x 4 ft.; Each of Four Seasons: approx. 9 1/2 x 3 x 2 ft.; Each pediment sculpture: approx. 10 x 42 x 4 ft.Tippecanoe County Commissioners [7] LafayetteCourthouse.jpg
Farm Family SculptureLinda Vanderkolk & Roy Patrick1992SW corner of 6th & Main 40°25'08.6"N 86°53'31.2"Wfound steel3 sculptures Approx. 6 x 6 x 4 ft.City of Lafayette

West Lafayette

TitleArtistYearLocation/GPS CoordinatesMaterialDimensionsOwnerImage
Bear Cubs Jon Magnus Jonson ca. 1934Child Development and Family Studies Building, Purdue University Limestone Sculpture: approx. 22 x 14 x 22 in. Purdue University [8]
Life G. J. Busche 1956Stewart Center Limestone Approx. 12 1/2 ft. x 9 ft. x 6 in. Purdue University [9]
Kaikoo VI Betty Gold 1986 Purdue University Painted cold-rolled steelApprox. 12 1/2 x 11 x 6 ft.Purdue University [10]
Bear Cubs Jon Magnus Jonson ca. 1934Child Development and Family Studies Building, Purdue University Limestone Sculpture: approx. 22 x 14 x 22 in. Purdue University [8]
Purdue Memorial Union relief figures Frances L. Rich 1939 Purdue Memorial Union Limestone 8 reliefs. Each sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 3 ft. x 6 in. Purdue University [11] Purdue Student Union.JPG
The Performing Arts Jon Magnus Jonson 1938-1940 Purdue University, Elliott Hall of Music Limestone 6 figures. Each sculpture: approx. 8 ft. x 30 in. x 20 in. Purdue University [12]
Untitled John Rietta 1973Purdue University 40°25′24.79″N86°54′38.20″W / 40.4235528°N 86.9106111°W / 40.4235528; -86.9106111 Bronze with patina Sculpture: approx. 26 x 29 x 30 in. Purdue University [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Battle of Tippecanoe Monument with Statue of William Henry Harrison, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 December 2010.
  2. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Operation Skywatch Memorial, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  3. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Marquis de Lafayette, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Entrance Relief, Former Merchants National Bank, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Outdoor Art". What to do. Visit Lafayette/West Lafayette. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Ouabache". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Tippecanoe County Courthouse, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  8. 1 2 Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Bear Cubs, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  9. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Life, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 28 November 2010.
  10. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Kaikoo VI, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  11. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Purdue Memorial Union (Relief Figures), (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  12. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "The Performing Arts, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
  13. ↑ Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana Survey (1993). "Untitled, (sculpture)". SIRIS. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
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