Solar Wreath

{{Short description|Sculpture at the Central Library, Portland, Oregon}}

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| title = Solar Wreath

| image_file = Portland Central Library, Oregon (2012) - 062.JPG

| caption = The sculpture in 2012

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| artist = Larry Kirkland

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| year = {{start date|1997}}

| type = Sculpture

| material = Aluminum, brass or gold leaf

| subject = Wreath

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| city = Portland, Oregon, United States

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| owner = City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council

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Solar Wreath is a 1997 sculpture by American artist Larry Kirkland, located on the third floor of the Central Library in Portland, Oregon. Funded by public and private donations funneled through the advocate and support group Friends of the Multnomah County Library,{{cite web|title=Forty Years of Friendship!: Highlights from the History of the Friends of the Multnomah County Library 1972–2012|url=https://friends-library.org/forty-years-friendship|publisher=Friends of the Multnomah County Library|access-date=October 27, 2014|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028082725/https://friends-library.org/forty-years-friendship|url-status=live}} the abstract suspended gilded ring measures 9 feet, 4 inches x 12 feet and is made of aluminum and brass or gold leaf.{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Solar Wreath|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1506.162|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027053739/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1506.162|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Solar Wreath, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!368958~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027062911/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!368958~!0#focus|url-status=live}}

According to the Regional Arts & Culture Council, which administers the work, Solar Wreath is part of the artist's "Garden of Knowledge" series, which also includes Garden Stair and Garden Wreath (1997). These three works relate "in form, materials and metaphor", illustrating Kirkland's belief that the library is "a place where people explore, uncover and learn".{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Garden Wreath|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1505.176|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027050819/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=1505.176|url-status=live}} They were installed before the library building's re-opening in April 1997 after being closed for renovation for more than two years.{{cite web|title=Central Library history|date=25 June 2013 |url=https://multcolib.org/central-library-history|publisher=Multnomah County Library|access-date=October 27, 2014|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028041154/https://multcolib.org/central-library-history|url-status=live}}

Solar Wreath is part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection courtesy of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Solar Wreath, 1997|url=http://culturenow.org/entry&permalink=06357&seo=Solar-Wreath_Larry-Kirkland-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council|publisher=cultureNOW|access-date=October 26, 2014|archive-date=October 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027045239/http://culturenow.org/entry%26permalink%3D06357%26seo%3DSolar-Wreath_Larry-Kirkland-and-City-of-Portland-and-Multnomah-County-Public-Art-Collection-courtesy-of-the-Regional-Arts-Culture-Council|url-status=live}}