"River riders" sculpture by Ann Roberts
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Black and white photograph of a model of the sculpture "River riders" by Ann Roberts, local artist and faculty member at Wilfrid Laurier University. Roberts was commissioned to produce the sculpture for permanent display in the University quadrangle.
- Notes
- The sculpture "River riders" by Ann Roberts was unveiled in the Wilfrid Laurier University quadrangle on November 1, 1991. The commissioned piece features a man, a woman, and a parrot in a canoe. The sculpture depicts the river of life - the parrot represents the heavens above, and the rocks on which the canoe is poised suggest the earth below. The sculpture is 3.3 meters tall and 2.4 meters wide. The figures are cast in bronze, and the rocks in cement.
Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University. - Date of Original
- 1991
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 12cm
Image Height: 17.1cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- U57_723.3
- Collection
- Wilfrid Laurier University photograph collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.4668 Longitude: -80.51639
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Wilfrid Laurier University Archives & Special Collections
- Reproduction Notes
- U57 Disc19
- Contact
- Wilfrid Laurier University LibraryEmail:libarch@wlu.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:75 University Avenue West, Waterloo, ON Canada N2L 3C5
