A pencil design on tracing paper dated July 1984 marked, 'Mr Erdman’s sculpture, scale 1/4" = 1 foot'. A suggested design for the surface on which to sit Richard’s sculpture ‘Passage’. A plan and a cross section show the proposed drainage system; an explanation of the design is given in handwritten notes in the bottom right-hand corner.
This large-scale project at the world headquarters of PepsiCo Inc. was Page’s last major undertaking. From 1980 until his death in 1985, he made frequent visits to the site in Westchester County, 25 miles north of New York City, working largely on designs to harmonise the company’s substantial collection of outdoor sculptures with the landscaped parkland.
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