The World of Sculptor Lee Kelly
A tour of iconic Oregon artist's studio and garden.
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"Secesh", Lee Kelly, 1976-1978, corten steel.
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"East of Riggens", Lee Kelly, 1978, corten steel.
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"Memory II", Lee Kelly, 1979, corten steel.
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(left) "Untitled", 1984, and (center and right) "Kamiah and Koski", 1977, both in stainless steel, by Lee Kelly.
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This simple monolith marks the spot where Lee Kelly's son Jason's ashes lie, in a ceramic box made by Kelly's late wife, the artist Bonnie Bronson. Works in the background are part of a 2016 series.
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"Corbeled Arch", Lee Kelly, 1989, stainless steel and paint.
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"Rajastani Column", Lee Kelly, 1992, welded steel and paint.
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"Bonnie Quartet", Lee Kelly, 1990-1991, corten steel, detail.
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"Bonnie Quartet", Lee Kelly, 1990-1991, corten steel, detail.
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"Bonnie Quartet", Lee Kelly, 1990-1991, corten steel, detail. Bonnie Bronson's death happened during an August climb on Mt. Adams.
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"Patan", Lee Kelly, 1996, stainless steel.
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"Death of a Poet", Lee Kelly, 1993, welded steel. Kelly created this in memory of the writer Frank O'Hara, who died when struck by a jeep on a Fire Island beach in 1966.
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"Nepal I", Lee Kelly, 2011, corten steel.
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"Untitled (Trotman)", Lee Kelly, 2005, welded steel.
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"Pericles I", Lee Kelly, 2014, corten steel.
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(Foreground) "Pavilion II", Lee Kelly, 2013, stainless steel, and (background) "Gate With Fence", Lee Kelly, n.d., corten steel.
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"Winter Song I and II", Lee Kelly, 2016, stainless steel.
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