Creation Date

Sculpture creation date: 1985

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Black and white photograph of a person standing in front of a large, outdoor war memorial composed of three triangular concrete and steel walls, one of which features a cut-out silhouette of two soldiers supporting a wounded soldier. The photograph shows a view of the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" by Roger Richmond, 1985, located in Capitol Park, Augusta, Maine. The three adjacent triangular forms fill most of the frame, with leafless trees and a few evergreens in the background. The first triangle in the foreground is a low concrete wall that slopes upward from left to right, leading the viewer’s eye toward the central, taller triangle of Cor-Ten steel, which prominently displays the cut-out silhouettes of two soldiers supporting a wounded soldier. Behind this steel section stands a third concrete triangle that functions as a reflector, aligned so that light passing through the cut-out figures casts an image of the soldiers onto its surface. A person dressed in casual clothing stands to the right, facing the memorial and providing a sense of scale to the sculpture. 1994. Unidentified, photographer. (See p17094-p17103)(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

p17094

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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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