Archway - Amarillo, Texas
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N 35° 11.329 W 101° 50.720
14S E 240920 N 3897691
Odd-shaped abstract located at the Amarillo Arts Center
Waymark Code: WM95JB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2010
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This is a most interesting abstract sculpture located at the Amarillo Arts Center on Van Buren at 22nd. There are several outdoor sculptures on the grounds.
This one, for lack of a more polished description, resembles potato mashers suspended between two poles. The pieces of grate are at different angles, and there are several of them suspended between the two side poles. The odd angles of the numerous sections leave an interesting shade pattern on the grass below.
Archway is located in a plaza on a side of the building with another very large sculpture just feet away.
Parking is plentiful here.
Text on plaque:
Archway, 1983
Ben Woitena
To Honor The Memory Of
Courtney Claire Reeves
and
Elizabeth (Betty) Claire Bivins
Childers
Gifted By
Anthony Jay Reeves
and
Claire Childers Burney
October 1994
TITLE: Archway
ARTIST(S): Woitena, Ben, 1942- , sculptor.
DATE: Unknown
MEDIUM: Metal
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS TX000803
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
2200 S . Van Buren; Amarillo, TX 79178
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