Fossilized Gold
- Title
- Fossilized Gold
- LC Subject
- Glass Glass art Glass artists Glass craft Fossils glass (material)
- Creator
- Mapelli, Liz
- Description
- Four sections of what appears to be glass material grouped together that reveal an ochre background that sustains black renderings of aquatic fossils. Fossilized Gold; Elizabeth Mapelli; enameled glass; 5 x 8 feet; DOT Region 5 HQ The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Eastern Oregon Regional Arts. You may view their website at http://www.artseast.org/
- View
- view from left side
- Location
- Department of Motor Vehicles La Grande >> Union County >> Oregon >> United States Union County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 3014 Island Avenue La Grande, Oregon
- Award Date
- 1990
- Identifier
- 1990_dot-la-grande_03_a01
- Item Locator
- MAP: 90-5
- Accession Number
- 1990_dot-la-grande_03_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Mapelli, Liz
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 5 x 8 ft
- Material
- Glass spandrel enamel on 3/8 inch clear glass polished all four sides, with fossil imagery
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1990 Department of Transportation La Grande Oregon 1990_dot-la-grande
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- This work shows imagery relating to the fossils found in many parts of Oregon, particularly Eastern Oregon. It's rich gold surface relates to the many gold mines found in the area. The human finger holding the arrowhead adds a bit of humor to the work. (Mapelli, 1990)
