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  • Description is exactly "Also includes a companion sculpture (in concrete?) by world-renowned Armenian sculptor Arto Chakmakjian that was given to SLAC. It is a miniature version of the sculpture that had won the first prize at an international competition in 1964, (The larger 1.5m concrete version was offered to the city of Hiroshima, http://www.naregatsi.org/arto/art/art.html). It is on temporary display in the SUSB (3rd floor)."

2010-056 Special Collection: Hiroshima Sculptures

Hiroshima sculpture by Arto Chakmakjian presented to W. K. H. Panofsky by A. I. Alikhanian, Director of The Physical Institute of Armenia, SSR at the SLAC Dedication Banquet, Stanford Faculty Club, September 9, 1967. The sculpture stands 25 inches…