Untitled (Morrison)
{{Short description|Sculpture by Ivan Morrison in Portland, Oregon, U.S.}}
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| year = {{start date| 1977}}
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| material = Painted aluminum
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Untitled is an outdoor 1977 painted aluminum sculpture by Ivan Morrison, located at Southwest 5th Avenue and Southwest Oak Street in the Transit Mall of Portland, Oregon.
Description
File:Ivan Morrison, Untitled, Portland.jpg
The sculpture, funded by TriMet and the United States Department of Transportation, measures {{Convert|7|ft|m}} x {{Convert|8|ft|m}}, {{Convert|6|in|cm}} x {{Convert|2|ft|m}}, {{Convert|4|in|cm}}, and appears to blend mediums, "rendering two-dimensional fields of color in a three-dimensional form".{{cite web|title=Public Art Search: Untitled|url=http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=806.191|publisher=Regional Arts & Culture Council|access-date=November 1, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102001150/http://racc.org/public-art/search/?recid=806.191|url-status=live}} Parts are painted blue, red, yellow and white and contains no inscriptions.{{cite web|title=Untitled, (sculpture).|url=http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324195~!0#focus|publisher=Smithsonian Institution|access-date=November 1, 2014|archive-date=November 2, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102004149/http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~!324195~!0#focus|url-status=live}} The Smithsonian Institution categorizes the sculpture as abstract (geometric). Untitled was surveyed and considered "treatment urgent" by Smithsonian's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993.
The work is part of the collection of the Regional Arts & Culture Council.{{cite web|title=Untitled (Ivan Morrison)|url=https://www.publicartarchive.org/art/Untitled-Ivan-Morrison|publisher=Public Art Archive|access-date=November 1, 2014}} It has been included in at least one published walking tour of Portland. The tour's author said the sculpture's panels "form a child-size hiding place".{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA53|title=Walking Portland, Oregon|page=53|first=Sybilla Avery|last=Cook|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=Apr 2, 2013|isbn=9780762794119|access-date=November 1, 2014|archive-date=March 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320182656/https://books.google.com/books?id=wvPWSWqzCT0C&pg=PA53|url-status=live}}
See also
{{Portal|Oregon|Visual arts}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140829145643/http://racc.org/sites/default/files/ArtWalk_2014.pdf A Guide to Portland Public Art] (PDF), Regional Art & Culture Council
- [http://trimet.org/pdfs/publicart/green_line_art9-09.pdf Art on the MAX Green Line: TriMet Public Art Program] (PDF), TriMet
{{Public art in Portland, Oregon}}
Category:1977 establishments in Oregon
Category:Abstract sculptures in Oregon
Category:Aluminum sculptures in Oregon