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| Slabs of Sunburst West - by Richard Hunt |
Slabs of the Sunburnt West - by Richard Hunt
1975 / welded bronze
30 foot X 30 foot, with protruding form 3 to 9 foot high.
Location: University of Illinois Chicago campus
801 S Morgan
Commissioned by the B.F.Ferguson Monument Fund..
as a memorial to Illinois poet and historian Carl Sandburg [[1878-1967]..
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| Slabs of Sunburnt West - by Richard Hunt |
The sculpture is inspired by Sandburg's 1922 poem of the same name.
Stand up, sandstone slabs of red,
Tell the overland passengers who burnt you,
Tell 'em how the jacks and screws loosened you,
Tell 'em who shook you by the heels and stood you on your heads,
Who put the slow pink of sunset mist on your faces..
Stand up, sandstone slabs of red,
Tell the overland passengers who burnt you,
Tell 'em how the jacks and screws loosened you,
Tell 'em who shook you by the heels and stood you on your heads,
Who put the slow pink of sunset mist on your faces..
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| Slabs of Sunburnt West - by Richard Hunt |
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| Slabs of Sunburnt West - by Richard Hunt |
1 comment:
Thank you for posting this. I "discovered" the sculpture while walking a different direction out of the campus, and I immediately recognized Mr. Hunt's work. I'm going to talk to the University about getting a plaque for it, as right now it's unidentified.
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