Aurora - Anchorage, Alaska
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BruceS
N 61° 13.122 W 149° 53.643
6V E 344585 N 6790588
Abstract sculpture in front of the old Federal Building in downtown Anchorage.
Waymark Code: WM9B84
Location: Alaska, United States
Date Posted: 07/26/2010
Views: 8
The sculpture of is mostly square with diagonal lines. The sculpture constructed stainless steel with layers of colored plexi-glass between. It is reported that the sculpture has lights which illuminate when the street lights come on and the orange colored plexi-glass lights giving a simulation of the Northern Lights.
TITLE: Aurora
ARTIST(S): Keith Appel, , sculptor.
DATE: Commissioned March 1980. Dedicated Aug. 4, 1981.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: stainless steel, plexiglass, and fluorescent lamps; Base: concrete.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS AK000203
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Old Federal Building
605 West Fourth Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska
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