Laureate (Lipton)

{{Short description|Public art display by Seymour Lipton (1903-1986) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.}}

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| image_file = LaureateLipton1969.jpg

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| title = Laureate

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| artist = Seymour Lipton

| year = 1969

| type = nickel-coated, welded sheet metal

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| height_imperial = 150

| width_imperial = 68

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| city = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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| owner = Milwaukee Riverwalk

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Laureate is a public art work by American artist Seymour Lipton, located on the Riverwalk in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.{{cite web

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|title=Laureate (sculpture).

|work=Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System

|publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum

|access-date=28 December 2011}} The abstract artwork was commissioned by the Allen-Bradley Company in memory of Harry Lynde Bradley and as an enhancement for the newly constructed Performing Arts Center.Buck, Diane M. and Virginia A. Palmer (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison. It is located on the east bank of the Milwaukee River at 929 North Water Street.