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Left-sided Angel sculpture designed by Stephen DeStaebler, 1986 Item Info

The "Left-sided Angel", a 465-pound cast bronze sculpture, stands eight feet high on a six foot pedestal outside the entrance to the library. In 1986 Stephen DeStaebler, a Midwest-born artist living in Berkeley, California, created the figure with limbs missing from its right side to symbolize the fragility of the human condition.
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Title:
Left-sided Angel sculpture designed by Stephen DeStaebler, 1986
Creator (Organization):
Iowa State University
Date Created:
1986
Description:
The "Left-sided Angel", a 465-pound cast bronze sculpture, stands eight feet high on a six foot pedestal outside the entrance to the library. In 1986 Stephen DeStaebler, a Midwest-born artist living in Berkeley, California, created the figure with limbs missing from its right side to symbolize the fragility of the human condition.
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture
Subject (Organization):
Iowa State University. Library
Location:
Iowa--Story County Iowa
Language:
zxx
Source:
Iowa State University. Facilities Planning and Management records, 1859-2015
Call Number:
RS 4/8
Finding Aid Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9cx82
Contributing Institution:
Iowa State University. Special Collections and University Archives
Publisher:
Iowa State University. Library
Genre:
photographs
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Iowa State University photographs
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9610vr73
Identifier:
universityphotographs1570
Filename:
rs-4-8-i_library_259-03-03.jpg
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9ws8hm4j

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"Left-sided Angel sculpture designed by Stephen DeStaebler, 1986", Iowa State University Photographs, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
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