27"w x 7" deep x 46"h
laminated & carved cherry
private collection
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Historical Abstract: Love & Marriage, 1998 27"w x 7" deep x 46"h laminated & carved cherry private collection |
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Love & Marriage digital rendering, 1997 Each ovoid layer is one year. The major axis is based on the rate of married births, the minor axis by the rate of unmarried births. Each oval is centered on an imaginary line whose path is set by the total birth rate (on the broad side) and the total marriage rate (on the narrow side) for each year. The sculpture begins in 1940, at the bottom, and ends in 1995 at the top. Note that there are gaps in the statistical record which were filled by interpolation as needed. No attempt was made to make the sculpture measurements correspond exactly to the statistical numbers. Sources: "Historical Statistics of the U.S.", U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (2 volumes, 1970) Tables B1-4, B28-35, others Statistical Abstract of the United States |
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