Ruins X Explained

Ruins X
Artist:Ernest Carl Shaw
Year:1978
Type:painted steel
Height Imperial:116
Width Imperial:114
Length Imperial:222
Imperial Unit:in
Metric Unit:cm
City:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owner:Haggerty Museum of Art

Ruins X is a public art work created by American artist Ernest Carl Shaw and located at the Haggerty Museum of Art on the campus of Marquette University in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] The abstract sculpture is part of a series of works in which the artist explores concepts of weight, balance, and order.[2] It is located between Marquette's Haggerty Museum of Art and Helfaer Theatre.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruins X, (sculpture). Art Inventories Catalog-SIRIS. Smithsonian American Art Museum. 30 December 2011.
  2. Book: Buck, Diane. Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee. 1995. Wisconsin Historical Society. Madison. 9780870202766. 73–75.