Odyssey III

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Odyssey III, 1973
Odyssey III by Tony Rosenthal, San Diego, 2016.jpg
The sculpture photographed in 2016
Odyssey III
Artist Tony Rosenthal
Year1973 (1973)
TypeSculpture
MediumPainted aluminum
Location San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, United States
Coordinates 32°43′55″N117°09′01″W / 32.73199°N 117.15022°W / 32.73199; -117.15022

Odyssey III is an abstract 1973 painted aluminum sculpture [1] by Tony Rosenthal, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. [2] [3] [4]

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Description

The San Diego Union-Tribune described the work as a "riotous orangey-red-painted assembly of aluminum discs". [5]

History

The Rosenthal sculpture was purchased by the San Diego Museum of Art in 1974 with matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. [6]

Since 2016, Tony Rosenthal "Odyssey III", 1973 has been included in "Art of the Open Air", an exhibition open to the public without admission charge of public art owned by the San Diego Museum of Art. [6]

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References

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