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Vigil by William Scott
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.
Vigil
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory, Inc.

Vigil

Artist
Year1978
Classification sculpture
Medium stainless steel, paint
Dimensionseach panel: 120 × 24 × 9 in. (304.8 × 61 × 22.9 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location


  • On April 19, 1995 the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, OK was bombed.  After rescue activities, the building was demolished on May 23, 1995. 



    Per Ron Lane, RFAO, 6/2/99: sculpture recently re-installed on the restored plaza of the Murrah building.