Flying Ducks

{{Short description|American avian wall sculpture at the University of Oregon}}

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| caption = The sculpture in 2017

| artist = Tom Hardy

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| city = Eugene, Oregon, United States

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Flying Ducks is a 1970 or 1983 sculpture by Tom Hardy, installed on the west façade of Lawrence Hall, on the University of Oregon campus, in Eugene, Oregon, United States.{{cite web |title=Flying Ducks |url=https://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/xflyingducks |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230421/https://library.uoregon.edu/architecture/oregon/xflyingducks |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Flying Ducks, (sculpture). |url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!328713~!0#focus |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |access-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729200629/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!328713~!0#focus |url-status=live }}

Description and history

The artwork was donated to the School of Architecture and Allied Arts in 1984 by Hugh Klopfenstein and his wife.{{cite web |title=Campus Artworks |url=https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/sites/cpfm2.uoregon.edu/files/art_tour_updatednov2016_copy.pdf |publisher=University of Oregon |access-date=July 29, 2018 |date=November 2016 |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230512/https://cpfm.uoregon.edu/sites/cpfm2.uoregon.edu/files/art_tour_updatednov2016_copy.pdf |url-status=live }}

The metal sculpture is approximately {{Convert|20|ft|m}} x {{Convert|4|ft|m}} x {{Convert|4|ft|m}}, and its concrete base measures approximately {{Convert|4|ft|m}} x {{Convert|3|ft|m}} x {{Convert|3|ft}}. It was surveyed by Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994, and was previously installed at Willamette Hall.

File:Flying Ducks Plaque (38555755862).jpg|Plaque

See also

{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}

References