Vega
- Title
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Vega
- LC Subject
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Sculpture
Wood sculpture
Woodwork
Woodworkers
Metal-work
mixed media
sculpture (visual work)
metalwork (visual works)
copper (metal)
maple (wood)
- Creator
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Moore, William (Bill)
- Description
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A wooden sculpture with three legs, supporting a madrone burl, oval-shaped piece that extends downward into a cone shape. The top of the piece is a bluish metal, perhaps a patinaed copper, with a brass opening in the middle. This is one of two images of the same piece. Irregularities between the pieces may reflect a difference in the source material.
Vega; William Moore; 1990; Copper, Brass, Maple, Madrone Burl; 19.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches
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- View
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view 1 of 2
- Location
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Public Service Building >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
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255 Capitol St. N. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
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1990
- Identifier
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1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_12_a01 giving it an aura of being for some special purpose. In Vega, the stand elevates the piece so we can look at it more at eye level, where it is seemingly less tied to gravity and the ground plane. The shiny brass escutcheon pins against the patined green copper are the
- Accession Number
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1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg_12_a01 giving it an aura of being for some special purpose. In Vega, the stand elevates the piece so we can look at it more at eye level, where it is seemingly less tied to gravity and the ground plane. The shiny brass escutcheon pins against the patined green copper are the
- Rights
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In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
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Moore, William (Bill)
- Type
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Image
- Format
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image/jpeg
- Measurements
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19.5 x 11.5 x 10 inches
- Material
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Mixed media; Sculpture
wood and metal (madrone burl; maple; copper; brass)
- Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
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Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
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1991-1993 Salem Public Service Building
1991_salem_pub-ser-bldg
- Has Version
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slide; color
- Institution
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Oregon Arts Commission
University of Oregon
- Color Space
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RGB
- Biographical Information
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Vega is turned from a small madrone burl, the form being a modified amphora, a form I have been exploring in many pieces over the last several years. This amphora has no feet. It cannot e set down without tipping over, giving it an aura of being for some special purpose. In Vega, the stand elevates the piece so we can look at it more at eye level, where it is seemingly less tied to gravity and the ground plane. The shiny brass escutcheon pins against the painted green copper are the source of the sculpture's asterial game. (Moore, 1991)