Beam Ends
Artist
C. G. Simonds
Year1999
Classification
sculpture
Medium
steel
DimensionsOther (Follow Up): 84 x 24 in. (7 x 2 ft.)
Other (Pointed Out): 96 x 30 x 20 in. (8 x 2.5 x 1.67 ft.)
Other (Turner): 84 x 22 in. (7 x 1.83 ft.)
Other (Pointed Out): 96 x 30 x 20 in. (8 x 2.5 x 1.67 ft.)
Other (Turner): 84 x 22 in. (7 x 1.83 ft.)
Credits
Commissioned through the Art in Architecture Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
The work that artist C.G. Simonds created for the Sacramento Courthouse is a sculptural triptych: three individual pieces that together constitute a unified work of art. He chose this format as an allusion to the three-member judicial teams used by some Pacific Rim cultures. These sculptures, with their strong, upright, yet independent characters, are intended as a broad comment upon an ideal judicial nature. The individual works are titled Turner, Pointed Out, and Follow-Up. Their collective title, Beam Ends, refers to the structural steel I-beams from which they are fabricated.
3 metal sculptures 8' to 9' tall fastened to 3' x 3' metal bases.
- Kathleen Kasper-Noonan1999
