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Artist/Creator (1)	Paley, Albert Raymond (born 1944)
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor
Artist/Creator (2)	Morris Architects (established 1987)
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (2).Role	architectural firm
Artist/Creator (3)	Paley Studio Ltd.
Artist/Creator (3).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (3).Role	foundry
Title/Caption	Stairway Sculptures
Larger Work/Entity	Wortham Center for the Performing Arts
Site/Creative Center	Houston, Texas (United States)
Date of Work	1987
Description of View	Straight-on overall view of escalator flanked by sculpture
Notes	Sponsor/Developer: Houston Lyric Theater Foundation, Inc. Project Description: This artwork is a collaboration of project architects and the artist. Together they created and sited eight stairway sculptures for the central grand staircase of the Gus Wortham Center for the Performing Arts. The series of sculptures are progressive in nature, with the lower sculptures, those first encountered when ascending the stairway, being the start of that progression. The individual sculptures increase in size as the visitor rises up the passageway. In addition to form development, color and lights were implemented for accent purposes. Framed by the grand scale of the architectural setting, the stairway sculptures focus attention and visual balance by means of composition, complexity of form, silhouette and color. Project History: The artist for this project was commissioned by the Gus S. Wortham Theater Center as an integral part of the building designed by the Morris Architects.
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	forged and fabricated steel, polychrome
Dimensions	6 units, variable dimensions. Hts. between 15-30 ft.
Century	20th Century
Related Persons	Artist/Creator (1) also appears as Albert Paley
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 20th Century Public art
Publisher	ART on FILE
Publisher.Location	ART on FILE. 1837 East Shelby St. Seattle, Washington 98112 (United States). www.artonfile.com
Set/Project Title	New Directions in Public Art: Part IV
Reference Number	Art on File PAIV-40(4)-1
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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