Untitled (Jeffersonville)
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ArtistBarney Bright
Year1970
TypeBronze & Copper tubing
Dimensions320 cm × 150 cm × 180 cm (126 in × 60 in × 70 in)
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| Artist | Barney Bright |
| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Bronze & Copper tubing |
| Dimensions | 320 cm × 150 cm × 180 cm (126 in × 60 in × 70 in) |
| Location | Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| 38°16′32.59″N 85°44′26.27″W / 38.2757194°N 85.7406306°W | |
| Owner | Jeffersonville Township Public Library |
Untitled is a public artwork by American artist Barney Bright, located at the Jeffersonville Township Public Library in Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States. Untitled was originally surveyed as part of the Smithsonian's Save Outdoor Sculpture! survey in 1993. This abstract sculpture represents the Devonian time period.
The sculpture, which looks like a sea creature, comprises numerous tentacles of varying lengths that stream up and out from a main stem. The stem is mounted on a rectangular base made of Indiana limestone (approx. 83 x 20 x 20 in.) and weighs 400 lbs.
A plaque sits nearby mounted on a piece of driftwood stating:
- THE SCULPTURE DISPLAYED ON THE EAST COLONADE REPRESENTS
- ITS CREATOR'S IMPRESSIONS OF THE DEVONIAN TIME PERIOD WHEN
- THE FALLS OF THE OHIO FOSSIL BEDS WERE BEING FORMED.
- THOUGH THE GRACEFULLY OUTSTRETCHING TENTACLES HAVE A
- CRUSTY FOSSILIFEROUS LOOK, THE SCULPTOR, BARNEY BRIGHT, DESCRIBES
- THE GENTLY FLOWING LINES OF HIS SCULPTURE AS EXPRESSING THE
- FIRST MOVEMENT OF LIFE REACHING OUT FROM THE SEA TO THE EARTH.
- THE WORK IS COMPOSED OF COPPER TUBING WELDED OVER WITH
- 400 POUNDS OF BRONZE. THE BENCH-BASE ON WHICH THE
- SCULPTURE RESTS IS MADE OF INDIANA LIMESTONE.[1]
