Langley’s first public art sculpture installment was a short one.

Frank Rose, chairman of the city’s Arts Commission, told the Langley City Council on Monday that a towering piece by Sue Taves named “Waves” installed in the plaza on Second Street has an offer to buy. The piece’s selling price is $6,900, of which the city will get $1,380 as a commission.

It’s the first successful sale as part of the city’s recently formed Arts Commission’s selected artworks. Taves’ piece and a sculpture by Lloyd Whannell of Clinton were installed Oct. 31. Langley city leaders decided to get in the art gallery industry, something they argued was already taking place, formally with the creation of the Arts Commission, which will advise the council how to spend 1 percent of all future capital project funding toward public art.

Funding for the sculptures, which were on display for a stipend of $600 to each artist for a year, came from the Second Street redesign project budget which was finished in June.

Rose recommended the city approve the sale rather than purchase the sculpture, and replace it with another Taves piece.

The Langley Arts Commission is working on its bylaws, policies and procedures, as well as identifying other sites for sculptures. Rose said they are considering adding two more pedestal mounts for sculptures in the Second Street plaza, though the work is “expensive.”