The Family (Teneau)
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| artist = Peter Teneau
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The Family is an outdoor 1985 sculpture by Peter Teneau, installed on the Oregon State University campus in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The painted aluminum and granite sculpture measures approximately {{Convert|10|ft|m}} x {{Convert|6|ft|m}} x {{Convert|14|ft|m}}, {{Convert|4|in|cm}}. The Smithsonian Institution, which surveyed the work as part of its "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993, categorizes The Family as allegorical (representing life and family) and geometric.{{cite web |title=The Family, (sculpture). |url=https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!325718~!0#focus |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=August 6, 2018}}
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Category:1985 establishments in Oregon
Category:Abstract sculptures in Oregon
Category:Allegorical sculptures in Oregon
Category:Aluminum sculptures in Oregon
Category:Granite sculptures in Oregon
Category:Oregon State University campus
Category:Outdoor sculptures in Corvallis, Oregon
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