Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress

Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress
Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress
Artist	Thomas Queoff
Year	1977
Type	Wausau ruby red granite
Dimensions	240 cm × 61 cm × 25 cm (94 in × 24 in × 10 in)
Location	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
	43°00′59″N 87°56′52″W / 43.016293°N 87.947804°W

Two Opposites Reaching Up Toward the Peak of Progress is a public art work by American artist Thomas Queoff, located on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.^[1] The granite sculpture is an obelisk made of a narrow piece of red granite cut into a tapering hourglass form. At its base, the sculpture is approximately two feet wide. As the sculpture narrows by a foot toward its midsection, the granite's surface is faceted along a diagonal line. Toward the sculpture's again wider top, a trapezoidal void in the shape of an elongated diamond divides the granite and gives it the appearance of the eye of a needle. The artwork is located in the traffic median on S. Layton Blvd. between W. Greenfield Ave. and W. Orchard St.