Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle

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Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle
University of Oregon at Willamette Corner - Isaac Newton Gargoyle & James Clerk Maxwell Gargoyle.jpg
The sculpture (left) attached to the southwest corner of Willamette Hall in 2007
Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle
Artist Wayne Chabre
Year1989 (1989)
TypeSculpture
MediumCopper
Subject James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon"
ConditionUndetermined (1994)
Location Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°02′44″N123°04′24″W / 44.04567°N 123.07331°W / 44.04567; -123.07331
Owner University of Oregon

Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle is an outdoor 1989 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. It is a low-relief portrait depicting Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon", attached to the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus. The hammered copper sheet sculpture measures approximately 3.15 feet (0.96 m) x 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 1.5 feet (0.46 m). Its condition was undetermined when the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program surveyed the work in 1994. [1]

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  1. "Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.