Elkhorn | |
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Artist | Lee Kelly |
Year | 1978–1979 |
Type | Sculpture |
Subject | Deer |
Dimensions | 3.0 m × 2.4 m × 2.4 m (10 ft × 8 ft × 8 ft) |
Condition | "Treatment needed" (1993) |
Location | West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, United States |
45°30′39″N 122°46′01″W / 45.51083°N 122.76693°W |
Elkhorn is an outdoor 1979 sculpture by Lee Kelly, installed at Catlin Gabel School in West Haven-Sylvan, a census-designated place in Washington County and the Portland metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Lee Kelly's Elkhorn is a welded Cor-Ten steel sculpture installed west of Toad Hall at Catlin Gabel School in West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon. It was designed in 1978, the year his son with Bonnie Bronson, Jason, [1] died of leukemia. The sculpture was commissioned by Kelly's friends, [1] and dedicated in 1979 in his son's memory. [2] [3] The abstract, geometric work depicts a deer and features a three rectangular legs supporting a rectangular platform, with another rectangular shape suspended underneath the platform. It measures approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) x 8 feet (2.4 m) x 8 feet (2.4 m). The sculpture's north leg has an inscription that reads Lee Kelly / 1978 and a plaque with the text, ELKHORN / IN MEMORY OF / JASON KELLY / PLACED HERE BY HIS FRIENDS / JUNE 1979. [2]
The sculpture is administered by Catlin Gabel School. It was surveyed and deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's " Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1993. [2]
Elkhorn | |
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Artist | Lee Kelly |
Year | 1978–1979 |
Type | Sculpture |
Subject | Deer |
Dimensions | 3.0 m × 2.4 m × 2.4 m (10 ft × 8 ft × 8 ft) |
Condition | "Treatment needed" (1993) |
Location | West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon, United States |
45°30′39″N 122°46′01″W / 45.51083°N 122.76693°W |
Elkhorn is an outdoor 1979 sculpture by Lee Kelly, installed at Catlin Gabel School in West Haven-Sylvan, a census-designated place in Washington County and the Portland metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of Oregon.
Lee Kelly's Elkhorn is a welded Cor-Ten steel sculpture installed west of Toad Hall at Catlin Gabel School in West Haven-Sylvan, Oregon. It was designed in 1978, the year his son with Bonnie Bronson, Jason, [1] died of leukemia. The sculpture was commissioned by Kelly's friends, [1] and dedicated in 1979 in his son's memory. [2] [3] The abstract, geometric work depicts a deer and features a three rectangular legs supporting a rectangular platform, with another rectangular shape suspended underneath the platform. It measures approximately 10 feet (3.0 m) x 8 feet (2.4 m) x 8 feet (2.4 m). The sculpture's north leg has an inscription that reads Lee Kelly / 1978 and a plaque with the text, ELKHORN / IN MEMORY OF / JASON KELLY / PLACED HERE BY HIS FRIENDS / JUNE 1979. [2]
The sculpture is administered by Catlin Gabel School. It was surveyed and deemed "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian Institution's " Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in November 1993. [2]