Bighorn
Object NameSculpture
Artist / Maker
Gwynn Murrill
(American, b. 1942)
Date2008-2011
MediumBronze
Dimensions48 × 56 × 24 in. (121.9 × 142.2 × 61 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Artist. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU2016.555
Status
On viewCultureAmerican
Edition2/6
Label TextGwynn Murrill’s "Bighorn" was originally created as part of the public art component for a mixed-use condominium complex in Pasadena, CA, called The Montana. The original sculpture is installed on columns of rough limestone similar to the installation of this second edition, here at Iowa State University. The original installation also incorporates an environmentally friendly water feature - water is conserved, a small amount runs down the surface of the columns. The fountain was developed as a communal area, a meeting place, for both residents and public; it is the focal point of a paseo joining the old city hall and Colorado Blvd. The bighorn imagery draws a connection between the San Gabriel Mountains surrounding Pasadena, where the bighorn can still be found, and the Rocky Mountains of Montana.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Anderson Sculpture Garden
Object Name: Sculpture, Installation
Carolyn Brown Braaksma
2003
Object number: U2003.64
