ALBATROSS

While paging through James Meyer's Minimalism tome, I was surprised to find a picture from the 1969 Art of the Real: USA show at MOMA with a caption focused on Carl Andre's Fall - pg 160. In the background, along with a Calder, stands ALBATROSS.
In most of the show notes, I have found only the maquette listed but this photo definitely shows ALBATROSS in all it's full-sized glory.

PLACID

Finally some movement with the re-introduction of PLACID.
Watertown Daily Times

Betty Parsons Collection

Fulfilling a New Year's resolution, I spent the afternoon at the Archive of American Art in Washington DC reviewing box 8 and 9 of the Betty Parsons Collection. Most of the KIPP ephemera is already scanned and available online but none of the photos were scanned. The Archive has very strict copyrights on the images but I will do my best to come up with something to depict so many pieces that are not included on this site.
It was a thrilling afternoon as I uncovered so many new transitional pieces that helped fill in the gaps. between the plaster and bronze work of the late 50s and early 60s to the plywood and steel work of the late 60s.
I have my work cut out for me. Stand by for new data

UNTITLED Roller Ink Paintings

Discovered 4 new, roller ink paintings for sale on EBay from a private collector in Howard City , MI. All four pieces were sold to unknown buyer(s).
UNTITLED, 1980
UNTITLED, 1987
UNTITLED, 1987
UNTITLED, 1993

PLACID, ONE-O-NINE and LOCKPORT

One of KIPP's former students and assistants, Jesse Nolan, sent along several installation images of PLACID, ONE-O-NINE and LOCKPORT. It was spectacular to see these colorful images of PLACID and ONE-O-NINE.
Here's hoping that the Lake Placid Center for the Arts is able to finally erect PLACID again in all its primary colored glory.
You can visit Jesse's website HERE.

TONAWANDA

Visiting Naples, FL for KIPP's memorial and had breakfast with KIPP's son Keeth. They welcomed me to a family gathering last night for great food and interesting stories aboout KIPP's life.
This morning I visited TONAWANDA and took a lot of photos.
The Smithsonian archive has also recently added pictures of several KIPP pieces as part of their Outdoor Sculpture archive. I am pleased to report that most of the pieces are in much better shape than the images indicate including TONAWANDA.

OLIVER

This piece was included in the Made in Florida traveling exhibit in 1992. It is a transitory piece between the PLATES and ANGLES aspects of PLACID, ONE-O-NINE and SCOTTSBORO and the INTERSECTION cycle introduced in 1978.