Crusoe Umbrella

Nollen Plaza, Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, Des Moines, Iowa

Cor-Ten steel painted with polyurethane enamel
37 x 37 x 58 ft. (11.3 x 11.3 x 17.7 m)
Sited: 33 x 37 x 56 ft. (10.1 x 11.38 x 17.1 m)

Commissioned September 1978 by the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, with a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and donations from local sources
Installed November 27, 1979
Inaugurated November 29, 1979

Photo: Larry May

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