OOS Sculpture

Purple Rings

1998 / Creator Unknown / Defiance

PURPLE RINGS.jpeg

Three slender metal poles tower overhead with a series of circlets connected in groups and affixed to the poles at random intervals, cascading and flowing about the poles. The entire sculpture is painted purple.

Location: Defiance College, 701 North Clinton Street

County

: Defiance

Citation

: “Purple Rings,” Ohio Outdoor Sculpture , accessed June 8, 2023, https://www.sculpturecenter.org/oosi/items/show/2119.

Title

Purple Rings

Description

Three slender metal poles tower overhead with a series of circlets connected in groups and affixed to the poles at random intervals, cascading and flowing about the poles. The entire sculpture is painted purple.

Date

1998

Subject

Source

Correspondence with the Director of Education at the Andrew L. Tuttle Memorial Museum.

Publisher

Ohio Outdoor Sculpture

Identifier

2119

Location City

Location County

Location Site

Location Street

701 North Clinton Street

Materials

Inscription

Raised lettering on the base, in curly font, near the plaque reads,
"M" with a small "c" in the right curve of the M/
"98"