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viewed from bottom to top. The sculpture was commissioned in tribute to John
Raimondi’s father. A Blue Cross Blue Shield customer, John Whipperfield, commissioned the project from a donation. The total cost of the project was $ 200,000. This donation led to the groundbreaking of the project in 1978. The plaque on site reads: PETER JOHN/Cor-Ten steel/John Raimondi, Sculptor/Bequest from John Whipperfield/Subscriber to Blue Cross of Wisconsin/and Surgical Care - Blue Shield/June 1978.
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Raimondi’s sculpture, Peter John, is an abstract piece that consists of three triangular forms located in Milwaukee’s downtown. The three triangular forms meet at a central point near the base of the sculpture and jut out from one another as the sculpture is
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1735:III Columns
1665:Bench-Stone
1644:Round About
1554:(di Suvero)
1502:Orizzontale
1460:Salem No. 7
1425:Mo, Ni, Que
1293:Magic Grove
1251:Henry Bergh
407:Bronze Fonz
351:Wind Leaves
337:The Calling
159:Information
146:Description
107: /
81:Coordinates
1781:Categories
1679:Knife Tree
1616:The Source
1601:The Lovers
1551:The Lovers
1516:Ursa Major
1231:Watertower
1217:The Reaper
1163:Ribbons VI
1095:Space Game
988:South Side
647:North Side
573:Peter John
261:References
248:5 December
227:2016-03-30
202:5 December
132:Peter John
95:87°54′58″W
92:43°02′14″N
60:Dimensions
21:Peter John
1749:Pin Oak I
1721:Epicenter
1651:Lodgepole
1630:Unfolding
1580:Ritual II
1537:Double Up
1411:Sky Fence
1265:Chrysalis
1242:West Side
1210:The Sower
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914:Near Here
865:Milwaukee
851:Sentinels
802:Polyphony
779:East Side
559:City Yard
552:Ex Stasis
140:Wisconsin
136:Milwaukee
73:Milwaukee
52:June 1978
48:June 1978
1707:Untitled
1672:Windfall
1566:Axeltree
1474:Ancestor
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677:On Watch
510:Laureate
314:Downtown
68:Location
1623:Rainbow
1594:Olympus
1544:Upstart
1509:Embrace
1189:Quartet
1142:SOARING
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524:Trigon
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705:Music
517:Diana
177:Notes
120:Owner
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1587:Hara
1432:Trio
400:Argo
250:2011
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