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Source Collection
Commercial Appeal newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0452.01.025_008.005
Description
Memphis, Tennessee, sculptor Harris Sorrelle stands beside his sculpture "Monorail" installed at the entrance to the Speech and Drama Department on Central Avenue at Memphis State University, October 1, 1968. Weighing a ton and standing 17 feet high, 5 feet wide and 8 feet deep, the sculpture's base and seats are copper and steel alloy and the figures, one-third life size, are copper braised with bronze. The sculpture now stands between the Music Building and the Ned McWherter Library. Photographer: Jim Shearin.
Date Created
2021
Date
1968 October 1
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Recommended Citation
""Monorail" sculpture, Memphis State University, 1968" (2021). University of Memphis. 62.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-commercialappeal1/62
Keywords
Memphis State University., University of Memphis.
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