Copper Heads
Artist
Patsy Norvell
Year1985
Classification
sculpture
Medium
painted steel with copper tops
Dimensions7 columns: each 13-15 feet tall by 18 inches in diameter
Credits
Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Ms. Norvell's artistic interests lie in creating spatial passages and settings that identify and define a site. The seven columns of CopperHeads bisect the plaza of the Brien McMahon U.S.
Courthouse and Federal Building in a semi-circular pattern. They create and
announce a transitional space that is reflected in changes in the paving pattern from the
street, to the columns, and to the entrance of building. The columns punctuate the progression
of pedestrian traffic through the plaza and divide the plaza into more intimate and personal spaces.
