[TheForge] Re: need help on a project

[Mike Spencer]

> The Big Sail scupture reminded me of one that Mankato State
> University bought / installed about 1973.  When I looked it up, I
> see that now it is the center of a large water fountain.
>
> I wonder if it was Calder the Artist, or kind of a Calder imitator
> that did the one in Mankato.

Apparently not Calder:

    The fountain, design of which came from part of the New York City
    World Fair (1965), was installed in 1969. It was designed to
    create a spiral effect with stationary water jets. The sculpture
    in the fountain was not originally part of the work. The
    sculpture, by Roger Johnson, a former faculty member in the Art
    Department, was added in 1975


    http://www.mnsu.edu/facilities/landmarks.html

Bigger pic at:

    http://www.mnsu.edu/facilities/images/big_buildings/fountain.jpg

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