Installation of NASM Sculpture Delayed

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Summary

As the result of the cold weather, the pouring of the concrete base for the installation of "Delta Solar," Alejandro Otero's sculpture, a Bicentennial gift from the Venezuelan government, is postponed. The sculpture, which is 48 feet wide and 27 feet high, will be installed at the Seventh Street side of the National Air and Space Museum.

Subject

National Air and Space Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Torch, 4/1977, p. 2

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 1, 1977

Topic

  • Sculpture
  • Gifts

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