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Photography by Edward C. Robison III

Lowell's Ocean

Walk around this sculpture, noticing how it looks different depending on where you stand. Named after Mark di Suvero’s long-time installation supervisor Lowell McKegney, “whose soul was as big as an ocean,” Lowell’s Ocean tests the physical limits of large-scale sculpture. Crisscrossing I-beams and a massive spiral of steel engage this space in a way that is both playful and monumental: a dynamic moment connecting earth and sky, frozen in time.

ArtistMark di Suvero, born 1933
Date2005-2008
MediumSteel
Dimensions4 x 40 in. (650.2 x 1234.4 x 1021.1 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2008.17
ClassificationSculpture
Provenanceto (Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY), 2008; purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2008
On ViewYes
Lowell's Ocean4 × 40 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 22× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.