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Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Ken Kesey Memorial Statue (Eugene, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • Peter Helzer (artist)
Creator
Date
  • 2003
Description
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View
  • Ken Kesey, detail view
View Date
  • 2003
Temporal
  • 2000-2009
MODS Note
  • The Storyteller commemorates author Ken Kesey (1935-2001) and depicts Kesey reading to his grandchildren, Kate, Caleb, and Jordan. The statue is designed so that people can sit on the bench. A plaque on the work quotes a passage from Kesey's novel, Sometimes a Great Notion.
  • Peter Helzer received an M. F. A. degree in sculpture (1983) from the University of Oregon. He operates a bronze foundry in Dexter, Oregon.
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • Broadway Plaza
GPS Latitude
  • 44.0495039
GPS Longitude
  • -123.0930272
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon
Identifier
  • pna_20647
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 04/27/2015
Modified
  • 08/11/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67ht950

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67ht950

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Storyteller (sculpture) (Eugene, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67ht950

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Helzer, Peter http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/HelzerPeter
2 Sculpture http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119004
3 Outdoor sculpture http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096154
4 Sculpture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85119028
5 sculpture (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300047090
6 squares (open spaces) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008304
7 public sculpture http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300047112
8 plazas (squares) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008214
9 outdoor sculpture http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300047180
10 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
11 open spaces http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008072
12 Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5735869/
13 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
14 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
15 Eugene >> Lane County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5725846/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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