© Estate of Scott Burton / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Currently not on view
Public Table,
1978–79
Scott Burton, 1939–1989; born Greensboro, AL; died New York, NY; active New York
y1980-11
Scott Burton championed functional art, creating works that he described as "sculpture in love with furniture." Calling to mind the simplified geometric forms of Minimalism, Burton’s table, an inverted cone balancing on a wide circular base, offers students and passersby a place to socialize or study.
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Title
Public Table
Dates
1978–79
Maker
Medium
Cast concrete
Dimensions
h. 83 x diam. 610 cm (32 11/16 x 240 3/16 in.)
diam. of top of sculpture: ca. 396 cm (155.9 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, gift of the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, with a matching gift from the the Mildred Andrews Fund
Object Number
y1980-11
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- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1980", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 40, no. 1 (1981): p. 14-31., p. 21; p. 20 (illus)
- Jane McCarthy and Laurily K. Epstein, A guide to the sculpture parks and gardens of America, (New York, NY: Michael Kesend Pub., 1996).
- Karin Dienst, ed., Sculpture of Princeton University: including works from the John B. Putnam Jr. Memorial Collection, (Princeton, NJ: Published by the Office of Communications, in association with the Princeton University Art Museum, 2004)., p. 8-9 (illus.)
- Scott Burton and Ana María Torres, Scott Burton, (Valencia: Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, 2004)., p. 236-238
