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Public art work by Alexander Liberman

Axeltree

Artist	Alexander Liberman
Year	1967
Medium	Steel
Movement	Abstract
Dimensions	190 cm × 370 cm × 280 cm (74 in × 144 in × 110 in)
Location	Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°10′33.4″N 87°56′16.4″W / 43.175944°N 87.937889°W / 43.175944; -87.937889
Owner	Bradley Family Foundation
Website	https://www.lyndensculpturegarden.org/collection/axeltree

Axeltree is a public art work by Russian-American artist Alexander Liberman located at the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The sculpture is an abstract form; it is installed on the lawn.

Description

Axeltree is a steel sculpture painted red-orange. The statue is 84 in x 144 in x 110 in.

The sculpture is made up of a large flat disk on its side connected to a wide tube base. A smaller concave disk is set perpendicular to the larger disk and is connected to the base by a narrow, curved tube. A jagged tube protrudes from the tube that connects the smaller disk and extends to the other side of the base.

References

^ Bradley Family Foundation (2012). "Axeltree (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
^ "Axeltree". Lynden Sculpture Garden. Lynden Sculpture Garden. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016. Retrieved 12 December 2012.

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Sculptures	Ritual II (1966) Axeltree (1967) Orbits (1967) Contact II (1972) Argo (1974) Aim I (1980) Olympic Iliad (1984) Galaxy (1985) Ulysses (1988)

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