Awning (sculpture)

{{Short description|Sculpture in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}

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| title = Awning

| image_file = File:Awning_(sculpture),_Portland,_Oregon.jpg

| caption = The sculpture in 2015

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| year = {{start date|1976}}

| type = Sculpture

| material = Aluminum

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| city = Portland, Oregon, United States

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| url = {{URL|http://douglassenft.com/works/awning/}}

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Awning is an outdoor 1976 painted aluminum sculpture by Canadian artist Douglas Senft, located near Southwest 3rd Avenue and Southwest Market Street in downtown Portland, Oregon.{{cite web|title=Awning, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!368917~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=October 29, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030060912/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!368917~!0#focus|url-status=live}} The {{Convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} sculpture was selected and funded by the Portland Development Commission from more than 200 proposals in a request for art intended to "humanize the modern architecture" of the Portland Center. Senft was 26 years old when Awning was installed.{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Awning|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1578.195|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=October 29, 2014|archive-date=October 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030080339/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1578.195|url-status=live}} It is part of the collection of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Awning|url=https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Awning|publisher=Public Art Archive|access-date=October 29, 2014}} The yellow-colored work is mounted to the side of 200 Market along a pedestrian trail that serves as an extension of Third Avenue.