Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1983

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Black and white photograph of three abstract steel sculptures aligned on circular concrete bases in a grassy field, with the two tall forms closely overlapping and the smaller circular form partly visible between them. The photograph shows “Piston,” by Walter Easton, 1983, a sculpture made of two large, upright steel elements and a smaller circular element, all anchored on separate round concrete pads at Northern Maine Technical College in Presque Isle, Maine. In this view, the tall pieces stand close together so their profiles overlap, each featuring a broad lower section that narrows into a vertical shaft and ends in a T-shaped crossbar at the top, with small rounded protrusions and notched edges suggesting mechanical parts. Near the center a dark, split metal disc mounted on a post emerges between the two larger forms. From this angle, the three elements begin to merge visually into a simplified silhouette of an internal combustion engine piston, even as their individual shapes remain distinct against the open campus landscape and distant buildings. 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

p17049

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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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