Broken Walrus II, is a public sculpture by American

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 artist Gary Freeman

Gary Freeman (sculptor)

Gary Freeman , is an American sculptor from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is Professor Emeritus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and served as head of the Herron School of Art Sculpture Department for 33 years, from 1968 until his retirement in 2001.Freeman was born in Wellington,...

, created in 1976 and located at the Indianapolis Museum of Art

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, which is near Indianapolis

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, Indiana

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, United States

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. It is made of mild steel and is approximately 84 x 84 x 276 inches. The sculpture has been described by Freeman as looking like a grasshopper.

Information

Broken Walrus II was originally commissioned by Robert Borns of Borns Management for a sculpture garden at the Northern Indianapolis apartment complex Pickwick Place. In 1995 the sculpture was gifted to the Indianapolis Museum of Art, where it remained for over ten years before it was deaccessioned and disassembled in December 2008.

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