"Broken Obelisk" by the abstract expressionist Barnett Newman, primarily a painter, stands in Red Square on the University of Washington campus. The two ton steel sculpture was designed in 1963 and donated to the UW by Virginia Wright. The sculpture has been repaired at least twice before to reinforce the intersection of the pyramid and obelisk. The repairs have made the sculpture slightly different than the other two sculptures by Newman that are at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Rothko Chapel in Houston. Beyond the sculpture is the collegiate gothic style of Suzallo Library.
Nice pic, Doug!
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