Ruins X

Last updated

Ruins X
ShawRuinsX1978.jpg
ArtistErnest Carl Shaw
Year1978
Typepainted steel
Dimensions290 cm× 290 cm× 560 cm(116 in× 114 in× 222 in)
LocationMilwaukee, Wisconsin
OwnerHaggerty Museum of Art

Ruins X is a public art work created by American artist Ernest Carl Shaw and located at the Haggerty Museum of Art on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. [1] The abstract sculpture is part of a series of works in which the artist explores concepts of weight, balance, and order. [2] It is located between Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art and Helfaer Theatre.

References

  1. "Ruins X, (sculpture)". Art Inventories Catalog-SIRIS. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved December 30, 2011.
  2. Buck, Diane (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee. Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society. pp. 73–75. ISBN   9780870202766.

43°02′13″N87°55′42″W / 43.037074°N 87.928328°W / 43.037074; -87.928328