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Louisville Project by Robert A. Howard
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.
Louisville Project
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.

Louisville Project

Artist
Year1977
Classification sculpture
Medium aluminum
Dimensions18 x 12 x 12 ft. (548.6 x 365.7 x 365.7 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • The artwork in the plaza of the Federal Building, Louisville, KY is an enameled aluminum sculpture standing 18 feet tall.  It is a modular work constructed of 8 irregularly-fashioned paddle-shaped modules 12 feet long, with flanges constructed of three-quarter-inch thick aluminium. It is painted 12 shades of red, orange, yellow, blue, and green.