Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle - Misplaced Pages

Sculpture by Wayne Chabre in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle
The sculpture (left) attached to the southwest corner of Willamette Hall in 2007

Artist	Wayne Chabre
Year	1989 (1989)
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Copper
Subject	James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon"
Condition	Undetermined (1994)
Location	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates	44°02′44″N 123°04′24″W / 44.04567°N 123.07331°W / 44.04567; -123.07331
Owner	University of Oregon

Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle is an outdoor 1989 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. It is a low-relief portrait depicting Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon", attached to the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus. The hammered copper sheet sculpture measures approximately 3.15 feet (0.96 m) x 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 1.5 feet (0.46 m). Its condition was undetermined when the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program surveyed the work in 1994.

References

"Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

v t e Public art in Eugene, Oregon
Akbar's Garden Alan Turing Bear Gargoyle Big Red Bison Brown and Black Asteroid Cascade Charley Drosophila Fly Head Einstein Gargoyle Emergence Encounter The Falconer† The Family Group Flight Patterns Flying Ducks Great Blue Heron Indian Maiden and Fawn Isaac Newton Gargoyle John von Neumann Lady Luna Marie Curie Gargoyle Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle New Horizons Performing Frogs The Pioneer† The Pioneer Mother† Procession Prometheus Raven Gargoyle Reflections of a Summer Day Salmon Gargoyle Statue of Bill Bowerman Statue of Eugene Skinner Statue of Rosa Parks The Storyteller Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon Three Standing Forms Untitled Wind Fence Wind-Rain Song Zebra Fish
Key: † No longer extant or on public display

Public art in Eugene, Oregon

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

v t e Wayne Chabre
Sculptures	Einstein Gargoyle (1986) John von Neumann (1987) Raven Gargoyle (1987) Salmon Gargoyle (1987) Alan Turing (1988) Bear Gargoyle (1988) Drosophila Fly Head (1988) Grasshopper (1988) Isaac Newton Gargoyle (1988–1989) Marie Curie Gargoyle (1989) Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle (1989) Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon (1989) Zebra Fish (1989)

This article about a sculpture in Oregon is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories:

See also

References