A large deep-blue steel ribbon sculpture curls around a complete oval opening, standing on a granite plinth beside paved ground.

Sapphire Curve After Dark

A close view of a blue enameled public sculpture, with its oval opening framing warm shop-window light and a sliver of its stone plinth visible below.

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Original size
1248 × 1248
Shape
square
Colours
Prompt

Square 1:1 archival-looking color-negative photograph of an original outdoor public sculpture: a monumental steel ribbon coated in deep sapphire enamel, curling around an oval opening.

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