Series I: Records

The collection consists of print and photographic materials related to the commissioning and installation on the Rice campus of Michael Heizer’s three-part granite sculpture 45°, 90°, 180°. The records include background on how Rice came to be given the work and what the criteria were that guided selection of Heizer as the sculptor. The monumental tasks of bringing the granite to the chosen site and then fixing the slabs to their pedestals are well represented by the collection’s photographs. There are also newsclippings covering both transportation of the granite and the installation.

Finally the collection includes material related to the dedication of the sculpture and the exhibition featuring Heizer’s work that was mounted in the gallery of the School of Architecture at the time of the dedication, January 24, 1985. There are multiple copies of the twenty-three-page catalogue written for the exhibition by William Camfield of the Rice Art Department.