Isaac Newton Gargoyle

Isaac Newton Gargoyle is an outdoor 1988–1989 hammered copper sheet relief depicting Isaac Newton by Wayne Chabre, installed on the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus, in Eugene, Oregon. The sculpture is part of the collection of the Oregon Arts Commission,[1] and administered by the University of Oregon.[2] It was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1994.[2]

Isaac Newton Gargoyle
The sculpture (right) attached to the southwest corner of Willamette Hall in 2007
ArtistWayne Chabre
MediumCopper sculpture
SubjectIsaac Newton
LocationEugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates44°02′44.25″N 123°04′23.67″W

The piece is one of a series by Chabre at the Eugene campus that includes scientists and mathematicians Albert Einstein (Einstein Gargoyle, 1986), Marie Curie (Marie Curie Gargoyle, 1989), James Clerk Maxwell (Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle, 1989), Alan Turing (Alan Turing, 1988), John von Neumann (John von Neumann, 1987), and Thomas Condon; a fruit fly (Drosophila Fly Head, 1988); and a school of zebrafish.[3]

  • The sculpture in 2011

References
  1. "Isaac Newton Gargoyle | Public Art Archive". www.publicartarchive.org. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  2. "Isaac Newton Gargoyles, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved May 31, 2018.
  3. "60 stories in 90 seconds", Oregon Quarterly, University of Oregon, 2015


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