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Mountains is a standing sculpture made in 1976. It is an intermediate maquette or model for a larger sculpture. It’s made of sheet metal and bolts and is painted matte black over its entire surface. The sculpture stands nearly 13 feet high by 12 feet wide by almost 12 feet deep. The abstract stabile is positioned free-standing on the floor of the gallery. It’s possible to walk all the way around it and view it from all sides. It consists of flat triangular metal plates of varying heights, positioned together to form a group of five peaks. The largest triangle has a circular opening or void cut into it about halfway up its height. There are also two curving legs, forming arches. One of the legs is attached at its upper end to one of the flat triangular plates. The other leg branches off the top of the first. Bolts, painted in the same matte black, are visible where the pieces of the sculpture are joined together. The shape and appearance of the sculpture varies according to where the viewer is placed. From certain angles it appears as a virtually flat surface. From other angles the complex design becomes apparent, with its series of sharp peaks and curving arches.