Wild Rice - Albany, NY
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Wild Rice is a geometric abstract sculpture located in the northwest corner of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY
Waymark Code: WMHX3R
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2013
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A 22' by 5' by 5' is a yellow and red painted steel geometric abstract sculpture entitled Wild Rice. It is located in the northwest side of the Empire State Plaza between Legislative Office Building and Agency Building #4 in Albany, NY. This sculpture by Lyman Kipp was created in 1967. It was acquired by then Governor in Nelson A. Rockefeller as part of an extensive art collection on display at the New State Capitol complex.
The yellow part of Wild Rice consists of four vertical square beams set at right angles to each other forming an equilateral cross. On to of the cross are red painted beams set horizontally to form a cross that extends over the yellow beams. The sculpture stands in a circular concrete space in the middle of a walkway.
Title: Wild Rice
Artist: Lyman Kipp
Media (materials) used: painted steel
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY
Date of creation or placement: 1967
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