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From storage to glory

December 13, 2013 at 4:22AM
Crews from the Walker Art Center and Rocket Crane re-install Roy Lichtenstein's Salute to Painting on the Vineland Terrace on 12/12/13. The sculpture is a big colorful brush stroke by the late Roy Lichtenstein, which was given to the Walker back in the 1990s by former board members in honor of then director Martin Friedman. The sculpture has been in storage for past year while the 1971 wing of the building, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, was re-bricked. The $8 million re-bricking
Crews from the Walker Art Center and Rocket Crane reinstall Roy Lichtenstein’s Salute to Painting on the Vineland Terrace on 12/12/13. The sculpture is a big colorful brush stroke by the late Roy Lichtenstein, which was given to the Walker back in the 1990s by former board members in honor of then director Martin Friedman. The sculpture has been in storage for past year while the 1971 wing of the building, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, was re-bricked. The $8 million re-bricking project is now complete, so the sculpture is being reinstalled.] Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune bbisping@startribune.com (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Crews reinstalled "Salute to Painting" on Thursday at the Walker Art Center's Vineland Terrace in Minneapolis. The sculpture is a big colorful brush stroke by the late Roy Lichtenstein, given to the Walker in the 1990s by former board members in honor of then-director Martin Friedman. It had been in storage for the past year while the 1971 wing of the building was re-bricked. The $8 million re-bricking project is now complete.

Crews from the Walker Art Center and Rocket Crane re-install Roy Lichtenstein's Salute to Painting on the Vineland Terrace on 12/12/13. The sculpture is a big colorful brush stroke by the late Roy Lichtenstein, which was given to the Walker back in the 1990s by former board members in honor of then director Martin Friedman. The sculpture has been in storage for past year while the 1971 wing of the building, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, was re-bricked. The $8 million re-bricking
Crews from the Walker Art Center and Rocket Crane re-install Roy Lichtenstein's Salute to Painting on the Vineland Terrace on 12/12/13. The sculpture is a big colorful brush stroke by the late Roy Lichtenstein, which was given to the Walker back in the 1990s by former board members in honor of then director Martin Friedman. The sculpture has been in storage for past year while the 1971 wing of the building, designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, was re-bricked. The $8 million re-bricking project is now complete, so the sculpture is being reinstalled.] Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune bbisping@startribune.com (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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