Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1983

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Black and white photograph of an abstract steel sculpture on a concrete base, with irregular cutout shapes scattered across tall vertical panels in a grassy campus setting. The photograph shows “Backflipper,” by Walter Easton, 1983, a sculpture consisting of nine upright steel plates arranged on a rectangular concrete pad, forming an open, multi-paneled structure with a rounded top on the central panel. Each plate contains jagged and curved cutout sections that, from a specific viewing position, align to form the figure of a mechanic dressed in work clothes performing a backward flip with tools in hand, though from this angle the parts appear fragmented and abstract. The dark steel panels rise to different heights, some extending straight up and others stopping lower, creating a layered, box-like enclosure. The sculpture stands on a mowed lawn near a paved road, with a metal-sided building, utility poles, and distant campus structures visible in the background. Northern Maine Technical College, Presque Isle, Maine. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (See p17047-p17053)(NA4800.)

Save Outdoor Sculpture! (SOS!) (1990-1995) was a nationwide survey that ran from 1990-1995 documenting America’s outdoor sculpture. Established in 1990, SOS! helped educate local communities about America’s endangered sculptural heritage. The Maine Arts Commission was one of 106 organizations to participate in this survey.

Topic

Sculpture

Collection

MF161

Series Number

NA4800

Identifier

p17053

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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