Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)
- Title
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Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)
- LC Subject
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Architecture, American
Architecture--United States
- Alternative
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Ken Kesey Memorial Statue (Eugene, Oregon)
- Creator
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Helzer, Peter
- Creator Display
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Peter Helzer (artist)
- Description
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This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
- View
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detail view
- Provenance
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Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Temporal
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2000-2009
- Work Type
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architecture (object genre)
open spaces
squares, public
plazas (squares)
sculpture (visual work)
outdoor sculpture
public sculpture
- Latitude
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44.0495039
- Longitude
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-123.0930272
- Location
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Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Lane County >> Oregon >> United States
Oregon >> United States
United States
- Street Address
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Broadway Plaza
- Date
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2003
- View Date
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2003
- Identifier
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pna_20651
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Rights Holder
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University of Oregon
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/tiff
- Set
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Building Oregon
- Primary Set
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Building Oregon
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Note
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The Storyteller commemorates author Ken Kesey (1935-2001) and depicts Kesey reading to his grandchildren, Kate, Caleb, and Jordan. The statue is designed so that people can sit on the bench. A plaque on the work quotes a passage from Kesey's novel, Sometimes a Great Notion.
Peter Helzer received an M. F. A. degree in sculpture (1983) from the University of Oregon. He operates a bronze foundry in Dexter, Oregon.