Information
Art Type
Media / Materials
Collection
Year Completed
1961
Credit
Des Moines Art Center Permanent Collections; Gift of John and Mary Pappajohn, 2015.24
Location
Latitude & Longitude
41.584942, -93.63576
Location Description
The sculpture is located in the central portion of the Pappajohn Sculpture Park.
Marriage
“Marriage” is one of Smith’s important early large-scale works and masterfully combines abstract geometric forms with human characteristics. Formally, “Marriage” offers an arch for the viewer to pass through, and presents a dialogue between the various connecting rectangular blocks. The work’s title, a dominant cultural institution, implies a specific interpretation for the sculpture.