Marie Curie Gargoyle

Sculpture by Wayne Chabre in Eugene, Oregon, U.S.

Marie Curie Gargoyle

The sculpture in 2011

Artist| Wayne Chabre
Year| 1989 (1989)
Type| Sculpture
Subject| Marie Curie
Dimensions| 0.76 m × 0.61 m × 0.46 m (2.5 ft × 2 ft × 1.5 ft)
Condition| Undetermined (1993)
Location| Eugene, Oregon, United States
Coordinates| 44°02′44″N 123°04′21″W﻿ / ﻿44.04566°N 123.07256°W﻿ / 44.04566; -123.07256
Owner| University of Oregon

Marie Curie Gargoyle is an outdoor 1989 sculpture by Wayne Chabre, installed on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon, in the United States. The hammered copper sheet high-relief of Marie Curie measures approximately 2.5 feet (0.76 m) x 2 feet (0.61 m) x 1.5 feet (0.46 m). It was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in March 1993, though its condition was undetermined. The sculpture is administered by the University of Oregon.[1]

## See also

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* Oregon portal
* Visual arts portal

* 1989 in art

## References

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1. ^ "Marie Curie Gargoyle, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved January 24, 2016.

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Public art in Eugene, Oregon

* Akbar's Garden
* Alan Turing
* Bear Gargoyle
* Big Red
* Bison
* Brown and Black Asteroid
* Cascade Charley
* Drosophila Fly Head
* Einstein Gargoyle
* Emergence
* Encounter
* The Falconer†
* The Family Group
* Flight Patterns
* Flying Ducks
* Great Blue Heron
* Indian Maiden and Fawn
* Isaac Newton Gargoyle
* John von Neumann
* Lady
* Luna
* Marie Curie Gargoyle
* Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle
* New Horizons
* Performing Frogs
* The Pioneer†
* The Pioneer Mother†
* Procession
* Prometheus
* Raven Gargoyle
* Reflections of a Summer Day
* Salmon Gargoyle
* Statue of Bill Bowerman
* Statue of Eugene Skinner
* Statue of Rosa Parks
* The Storyteller
* Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon
* Three Standing Forms
* Untitled
* Wind Fence
* Wind-Rain Song
* Zebra Fish

Key: † No longer extant or on public display

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Wayne Chabre

Sculptures|

* Einstein Gargoyle (1986)
* John von Neumann (1987)
* Raven Gargoyle (1987)
* Salmon Gargoyle (1987)
* Alan Turing (1988)
* Bear Gargoyle (1988)
* Drosophila Fly Head (1988)
* Grasshopper (1988)
* Isaac Newton Gargoyle (1988–1989)
* Marie Curie Gargoyle (1989)
* Maxwell & Demon Gargoyle (1989)
* Thomas Condon: Portrait of Condon (1989)
* Zebra Fish (1989)

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Marie and  Pierre Curie

Discoveries|

* Curie's law
* Curie–Weiss law
* Curie temperature
* Mean-field theory
* Piezoelectricity
* Polonium
* Radioactivity
* Radium

Publications|

* Curie's principle
* Treatise on Radioactivity

Museums|

* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Museum

Family|

* Irène Joliot-Curie (daughter)
* Ève Curie (daughter)
* Hélène Langevin-Joliot (granddaughter)
* Pierre Joliot (grandson)
* Jacques Curie (Pierre's brother)
* Frédéric Joliot-Curie (son-in-law)

Namesakes|

* Curie Institute
* Curie
* Curium
* IEEE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award
* Marie Curie Medal
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Bridge
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Park
* Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
* Pierre and Marie Curie University
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
* Curie Island
* 7000 Curie

Depictions|

* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Monument in Lublin
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Monument in Warsaw (Downtown)
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Monument in Warsaw (Ochota)
* Marie Curie Gargoyle
* Maria Skłodowska-Curie Medallion
* Madame Curie (1943 film)
* Les Palmes de M. Schutz (1997 film)
* Marie Curie, une femme sur le front (2014 film)
* Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge (2016 film)
* Radioactive (2019 film)

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