Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle

Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle

The sculpture (left) attached to the southwest corner of Willamette Hall in 2007
Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle
Location on the University of Oregon campus
Artist Wayne Chabre
Year 1989 (1989)
Type Sculpture
Material Copper
Subject James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon"
Condition Undetermined (1994)
Location Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates 44°02′44″N 123°04′24″W / 44.04567°N 123.07331°W / 44.04567; -123.07331Coordinates: 44°02′44″N 123°04′24″W / 44.04567°N 123.07331°W / 44.04567; -123.07331
Owner University of Oregon

Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle is an outdoor 1989 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. It is a low-relief portrait depicting Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell and his "demon", attached to the exterior of Willamette Hall on the University of Oregon campus. The hammered copper sheet sculpture measures approximately 3.15 feet (0.96 m) x 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 1.5 feet (0.46 m). Its condition was undetermined when the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program surveyed the work in 1994.[1]

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