Leland I
{{Short description|Sculpture in Portland, Oregon}}
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Leland I, sometimes stylized as Leland 1 or Leland #1,{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Leland #1|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=787.203|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=July 11, 2015}} is an outdoor 1975 sculpture by Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson, installed in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Description and history
File:Leland I plaque, Portland (2015) - 1.jpg."]]
Leland I was designed by Lee Kelly and Bonnie Bronson, and marked one of the former's first large scale public artworks.Art Notes:
- {{cite web|title=From RACC Executive Director Eloise Damrosch|url=http://racc.org/newsletters/artnotes/sep2010.html|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=July 12, 2015|date=September 2010|work=Art Notes|last=Damrosch|first=Eloise|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127185616/http://racc.org/newsletters/artnotes/sep2010.html|archive-date=November 27, 2010|url-status=dead}}
- {{cite journal|last=Damrosch|first=Eloise|title=Letter from the Executive Director|journal=Art Notes|date=September–October 2010|volume=16|number=2|page=7|url=http://racc.org/sites/default/files/ArtNotesSepOct10.pdf|access-date=July 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405011417/http://racc.org/sites/default/files/ArtNotesSepOct10.pdf|archive-date=April 5, 2015|url-status=dead}} In addition, Ron Travers from the architectural firm Travers-Johnston served as architect and Robert Gardner from the McArthur/Gardner Partnership served as landscape architect. Pioneer Enamel was the contractor and David Cotter was an assistant.{{cite web|title=Leland I, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!321209~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=July 11, 2015}} The welded Cor-Ten steel and vitrified porcelain sculpture was completed during 1973–1975 and installed in the American Plaza Towers courtyard (called American Plaza), at the intersection of Southwest 2nd Avenue and Lincoln Street, in 1975, having been commissioned and funded by the Portland Development Commission.
File:Leland I plaque, Portland (2015) - 2.jpg
The abstract, geometric sculpture is constructed from three square and rectangular forms. Overall, the installation measures approximately {{Convert|30|ft|m}} x {{Convert|20|ft|m}} x {{Convert|15|ft|m}} and weighs {{Convert|15565|lbs|kg}}. Its pieces measure {{Convert|115|in|m}} x {{Convert|96|in|m}} x {{Convert|56|in|m}} (east), {{Convert|90|in|m}} x {{Convert|67|in|m}} x {{Convert|132|in|m}} (middle), and {{Convert|20|ft|m}} x {{Convert|55|in|m}} x {{Convert|56|in|m}} (west), respectively. The installation features lighting also designed by the artists. Leland I was surveyed and considered "treatment needed" by the Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in January 1994. In 2010, it was restored to address structural issues and saved from deaccession. Funding for the conservation efforts was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, residents of the American Plaza Towers, and Kelly patrons.
Reception
According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, the sculpture is considered a "seminal" piece in the City of Portland's public art collection. It has been called "temple-like" by art ltd. magazine and "striking" by the Oregon Arts Commission.{{cite journal|last1=Radon|first1=Lisa|title=Appreciation: Lee Kelly|journal=Art LTD.|date=January 2011|url=http://www.artltdmag.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1294168596&archive=&start_from=&ucat=39&|access-date=July 12, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Oregon's Sculptor: Lee Kelly|url=http://www.oregonartscommission.org/spotlight-story/oregons-sculptor-lee-kelly|publisher=Oregon Arts Commission|access-date=July 12, 2015|date=November 27, 2010}}
See also
{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}
References
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{{Lee Kelly}}
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:1975 establishments in Oregon
Category:Abstract sculptures in Oregon
Category:Collaborative projects
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Southwest Portland, Oregon