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PITTSBURGH, Jun 8, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) -- A Pittsburgh sculptor found one of his lost works in a warehouse along with pieces by other artists that used to adorn a city library.
"I was shocked to see them, and pleased at same time," Peter Calaboyias told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Calaboyias' "Five Factors" was commissioned for the Squirrel Hill branch of the Carnegie Library and installed in 1973 under a program that required 1 percent of the construction cost of all public buildings be used for artwork. The work vanished and Calaboyias said he had been calling City Hall for years trying to track it down.
It turns out his piece and the others were removed for repairs in 1994 or 1995. When the contractor hired for the touch-up went bankrupt, the city moved the artwork to a warehouse and forgot about it.
Calaboyias finally got a tip from his councilman to call the warehouse manager.
"This guy said, 'Well, we have something here that looks like it could be sculpture,'" Calaboyias said. "I said, 'I'll be right down.' "
The city plans to reinstall the pieces in appropriate spots.
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