Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle is an outdoor 1989 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. It is a low-relief portrait depicting Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon", attached to the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus. The hammered copper sheet sculpture measures approximately 3.15 feet (0.96 m) x 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 1.5 feet (0.46 m). Its condition was undetermined when the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program surveyed the work in 1994.[1]
| Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle | |
|---|---|
 The sculpture (left) attached to the southwest corner of Willamette Hall in 2007 | |
 | |
| Artist | Wayne Chabre |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Copper |
| Subject | James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon" |
| Condition | Undetermined (1994) |
| Location | Eugene, Oregon, United States |
| 44°02′44″N 123°04′24″W / 44.04567°N 123.07331°W | |
| Owner | University of Oregon |
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on October 5, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
 .svg){kind=small} | This article about a sculpture in Oregon is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |