PLACID Update

While doing some investigation this afternoon, we started searching the "Lake Placid News" archives for information on PLACID's fate. We sent another inquiry to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts and found an interesting comment from November 2013 by a gentleman named Dan Patchett.
Come to find out, Dan authored a book about Lake Placid titled "Paradox Bay" which mentions PLACID several times and he offers this update:

“Placid” by Lyman Kipp was created with steel beams from the 1932 Olympic Area, commissioned by the village and installed July 1979 in Mill Pond Park then later removed because of public criticism. “Placid” was later saved and removed from a muddy grave at the water treatment plant by LPCA former Board Members Parmelee Tolkan and Linda Friedlander with help of a concerned membership. Presently there is a committee of people who want the sculpture resurrected. For the time being “Placid” waits restoration behind Lake Placid Center for the Arts 2013" - Dan Patchett, Paradox Bay

Here's hoping that LPCA is able to secure funds and restore PLACID to its primary-colored glory.
Thanks Dan!

EBENEZER and TABASCO

Images added from the A.M. Sachs show in 1970. Looking for the piece that transitioned to GAUGE and started the PLATES ANGLES cycle. Glad to have these images.

NEXUS

Finally found an image of NEXUS in situ and as it turns out, there was a very rough, untitled sketch in the Betty Parsons Archive.

SAMP

Discovered some images and a  realized description of SAMP from the Colgate show beyond the maquette.

Improvements

We have added several more exhibition entries and started to add show titles. Also, when available, the work displayed at the given exhibition will be listed in red below the entry.

BARTAR Revealed

Finally found an image of BARTAR...surpisingly colorful!

PARCIPPANY

Always enjoy finding a new piece illustrated on the web. Discovered this majestic piece in the American Sculpture (1970) catalog at the Sheldon Museum of Art Publications site. Beautiful. Huge show and the catalog is available in PDF form. Hopefully more institution see the value in publishing old exhibit catalogs for researchers. Sheldon/University of Nebraska has ULYSSES in their permanent collection.
Also, I have been adding models of work from Google Sketchup which will help fill in some of the missing imagery until actual photos are discovered.
An Augmented Reality(AR) project is in the works and we hope to publish it shortly.