Originally installed on the edge of Lookout Island in Georgian Bay, Ontario, where Murray has spent many summers, the bright red Ferus, 1963, was created after his move to New York. One of his earliest large-scale sculptures featuring minimal forms, Ferus is composed of a vertical cylinder supporting a raised, slanted plank. Murray explores the dualities between these two components—round versus flat, grounded versus elevated—while unifying them through the use of monochromatic colour. The initial version for Ferus was made with wood and iron, but on encouragement from several friends Murray created this steel version at the Treitel-Gratz factory in New York.