Trowel I, 1976



Trowel I, 1971-76
Steel painted with polyurethane enamel
41 ft. 9 in. x 11 ft. 3 in. x 14 ft. 7 in. (12.7 x 3.4 x 4.4 m)
sited: 38 ft. 5 in. x 11 ft. 3 in. x 7 ft. 5 in. (11.7 x 3.4 x 2.3 m)
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, the Netherlands
Photo by Attilio Maranzano


Fabricated by NEBATO, Bergeijk, the Netherlands. Engineers: J. Robert Jennings and Dick van der Net
Commissioned 1976 by the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller
An earlier version, made for the exhibition Sonsbeek 71, Arnhem, the Netherlands, June-August, 1971 and later sited near the Kröller-Müller, from 1972-1975, was destroyed
Installed August 30, 1976