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St. Louis Ice Storm – February 1, 2011 – The Metal Tree
Lightning Rod
I don’t know if this fascinating sculpture actually attracts lightning more than your average tree and whether it ever has been hit. It would be interesting to know. Upon doing a web search, though, I did finally discover the name of the sculpture. Here is a blurb from the St. Louis Art Museum site:
Roxy Paine’s gleaming, monumental sculpture Placebo was installed on the Saint Louis Art Museum’s west lawn in 2005. The 56-foot tall, stainless steel sculpture was a gift in memory of John Wooten Moore.
(Roxy Paine, American, born 1966; Placebo, 2004; stainless steel; 56 ft. x 46 ft. 6 in.; Commissioned by the Saint Louis Art Museum with funds given in memory of John Wooten Moore 38:2004 © Roxy Paine)
