Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1983

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Description

Black and white photograph of a steel sculpture showing the cutout figure of a backflipping mechanic holding wrenches, mounted on a concrete base outside a campus building. The photograph shows “Backflipper,” by Walter Easton, 1983, a sculpture composed of nine upright steel plates arranged on a rectangular concrete pad, forming a shallow, open-front structure with an arched top. Across these plates, shapes have been cut out so that, when viewed from the front, they align into the silhouette of a mechanic in work clothes, shown with bent legs and outstretched arms, each hand holding a wrench. The cutout figure appears in lighter tone against the dark steel, emphasizing the mechanic’s head, torso, limbs, and tools as if tumbling backward through the vertical elements. The sculpture stands in a grassy area near a sloping bank, with a brick and metal industrial-style campus building 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

p17051

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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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