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Hopewell Indians of Ohio as a guide. The stainless steel tubes were polished to a mirror-like quality for multiple different reasons: "to incorporate the color and atmosphere of the environment into the work, reflect the movement of passers-by, and to make the stones float, like my Father did with my Mother in their floating ring trick back in the 40s in Wyoming when he was a professional magician named Bendu."
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1853:III Columns
1783:Bench-Stone
1762:Round About
1672:(di Suvero)
1620:Orizzontale
1578:Salem No. 7
1543:Mo, Ni, Que
1411:Magic Grove
1369:Henry Bergh
525:Bronze Fonz
469:Wind Leaves
455:The Calling
368:October 20,
332:October 20,
233:Acquisition
190:Time flows,
150:Description
99: /
73:Coordinates
1899:Categories
1797:Knife Tree
1734:The Source
1719:The Lovers
1669:The Lovers
1634:Ursa Major
1349:Watertower
1335:The Reaper
1281:Ribbons VI
1213:Space Game
1106:South Side
765:North Side
691:Peter John
296:References
188:only feel.
55:Dimensions
1867:Pin Oak I
1839:Epicenter
1769:Lodgepole
1748:Unfolding
1698:Ritual II
1655:Double Up
1529:Sky Fence
1383:Chrysalis
1360:West Side
1328:The Sower
1115:Menomonee
1032:Near Here
983:Milwaukee
969:Sentinels
920:Polyphony
897:East Side
677:City Yard
670:Ex Stasis
289:Sentinels
239:Sentinels
179:follows:
176:Sentinels
144:Wisconsin
140:Milwaukee
1825:Untitled
1790:Windfall
1684:Axeltree
1592:Ancestor
1564:Way Four
1432:Teamwork
1301:Untitled
795:On Watch
628:Laureate
432:Downtown
276:See also
128:American
63:Location
1741:Rainbow
1712:Olympus
1662:Upstart
1627:Embrace
1307:Quartet
1260:SOARING
1088:Connect
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1004:Compass
990:Eclipse
858:Gear 23
830:Fishing
802:Pattern
663:Ruins X
553:Referee
243:Compass
223:Compass
172:Compass
155:Compass
130:artist
123:Compass
24:Compass
1860:Flight
1722:(Daen)
1691:Orbits
1677:Poland
1288:Bridge
976:Hermes
642:Trigon
448:Family
249:Artist
200:beyond
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913:Float
823:Music
635:Diana
138:, in
112:Owner
1832:Arch
1818:Kumo
1705:Hara
1550:Trio
518:Argo
370:2011
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39:Year
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