Wings of Learning

Artist G. Alden Smith (American, 1912-1993)

Date1962

MediumWelded brass and steel

Dimensions192 inches high, 54.5 inches wide

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of the Class of 1962

Object numberUAC224

DescriptionThis sculpture represents the artist’s visual concept of the learning process. Comprised of nine tapered forms and divided into three levels, each merge into one another, finally bursting into an open upward movement. G. Alden Smith served as the Head of the Art and Art History Department at WSU from 1962 – 1978 and was pivotal in developing the sculpture department where he mentored such students as David Barr, Sergio De Giusti, Jim Pallas and others.

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