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Crystal Hanging by Jane A. Kaufman
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Crystal Hanging
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Crystal Hanging

Artist
Year1986
Classification sculpture
Medium crystals and mirrored cubes
DimensionsMaximum: 26 x 16 ft. (792.4 x 487.7 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • This piece enhances and augments what an atrium is all about-light and air.  By suspending a combination of eight distinctively different Austrian crystals and

    mirrored cubes (8000 crystals in all) in a particular configuration from the Space Frame of the atrium, all available light comes into play.  Each of the 8000 crystals and mirrored cubes is attached to the Space Frame by it's own (hardly visible) wire.  Picking up air currents, each crystal will move independently, projecting small, elusive rainbows, prisms, color dots and dashes below and around the piece