Soft Inverted Q-Black, Proof VI

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This piece, a study for the museum's six-foot tall sculpture, is cast from Hytrel, a manmade rubber used to make hoses, gaskets, and a range of other industrial products. The outdoor sculpture was to have been constructed from Hytrel as well in homage to Akron’s role as a rubber producer. When the sculpture’s large size made that impossible, however, it was cast from concrete instead and coated with a polyurethane surface.

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Inscribed on underside: "Trial Proof VI 7/75"

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Pop Art
Sculpture
American
Rubber