Columbus, Indiana is noted for its architecture and public art displays. One of the most impressive art pieces is a huge bronze creation titled Large Arch. It was installed in 1971, and was a gift from the J. Irwin Miller family to the library. It is located on the plaza outside of the Cleo Rogers Memorial Library. (J. Irwin Miller founded the Cummins Corporation.)
Library is the brick building in the left background
The following description is from a Wikipedia article: “Large Arch is an abstract bronze sculpture of an arch created by Henry Moore, an English artist. The shape of the sculpture suggests human hip and leg bones, while the negative space on the interior of the arch suggests an abstracted human torso with head. It is 19 feet 6 inches tall. The width of the sculpture at its base is 12 feet 3 inches wide, but is 13 feet 9 inches at its widest at the top. While the sculpture is hollow, it weighs approximately 11,000 lb (5,000 kg).”
This massive sculpture will certainly catch your eye. In the warmer weather people do enjoy the plaza next to the library.
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The shape of the arch reminds me of the 1980s movie title Alien. H.R. Giger did a fantastic job creating the aliens and the ship they used that crashed on the planet known as LV426.
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An interesting tie-in, I wonder if the artist Henry Moore was interested in Sci-fi?
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Cool sculpture, not my style, but impressive in size. You find the most interesting places. Thanks for posting.
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It is impressive to see, and bigger in real life than the picture shows. Thank you for visiting and commenting.
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Such an amazing and wonderful site to see.
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Thanks, we appreciate your visit and nice comment.
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It is certainly unusual.
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It certainly is an eye-catching piece! Thank you, cindy.
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Nice post
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Thank you for the kind comment! 🙂
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I think the arch is appealing in its own way. Thanks for sharing. 💕C
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Thank you cheryl
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Reblogged this on Ned Hamson's Second Line View of the News.
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Thanks for the reblog, Ned.
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I think there’s a little Stone Henge influence in there.
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I actually found references to Stonehenge influencing Henry Moore’s design of “Large Arch”. Good eye, Tim.
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It’s prominent in the design, which helps make in endearing.
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thanks for sharing – it’s good to have your connection with it as well as the background info. I like abstract art, but find some difficult to get. This definitely helped. 🙂
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I love all the architecture in Columbus.
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There is so much to see and absorb there with all of the different structures. Even the bridge at I-65 and 46 is pretty neat.
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