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Title of Piece: Summaries of Arithmetic Through Dust, Including Writing Not Yet Printed
Artist: Alice Aycock
Acquired: 1992
Material(s): Aluminum and Steel, painted white
Category: Public Art
Location: South side of H.H. Dow Building
Comments: Gift of Engineering Class of 1933. Aycock described her piece: "The elements are taken from various 2- and 3-dimensional scientific diagrams which attempt to explain various aspects of the universe, for example, the scattering of particles, models of spiral galaxies, the curvatures of space. ... These forms are pervasive in the art and culture of many societies both past and present."

 

 

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