Fans of St. Louis contemporary artist Ernest Trova can now view three examples of his Profile Canto sculpture series on the grassy commons to the south and west of the Edward and Margaret Doisy School of Allied Health Professions on the south campus of St. Louis University.
 

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The black-finished Profile Canto V from 1974 joins Profile Canto D, a tall stainless steel work created in 1976, on a long field with a distant view of the St. Louis skyline and Gateway Arch. Profile Canto III, another black-finished corten-steel piece from 1973, is within sight a few steps away.
 
Previously installed with three other Trova sculptures at the western edge of St. Louis University's sprawling main campus, the Profile Cantos provide visual contrast to the adjacent university buildings and other nearby artworks.
 
Cantos V and III are on indefinite loan from St. Louis County's Laumeier Sculpture Park (see Ernest Trova at Laumeier Park for more Trova sculptures). Profile Canto D came from the city of St. Louis.
 
For information on other public art and art-related facilities at St. Louis University -- including the St. Louis University Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, and Henry Lay Sculpture Park in Louisiana, Missouri -- visit http://www.slu.edu/museums_and_arts.html or contact Nanette Boileau at sluma@slu.edu.