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Alfredo Halegua

American, born Uruguay, 1930

Sculptor Alfredo Halegua creates large-scale abstract sculptures from materials such as steel and other metals. The artist focuses on geometric abstraction, especially the two-dimensionality of lines and forms. He has experimented for decades with clean lines, sharp angles, and negative space.

Halegua was born in Uruguay and is based in Washington, DC. His public artworks are on view across many US cities. Halegua’s 25-foot sculpture America, made in 1970, is on view in the National Gallery’s Sculpture Garden.

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Alfredo Halegua, America, 1970, cor-ten steel, Donated in memory of Andre Lovell Roberts, 1894-1971, 1977.28.1

America

Alfredo Halegua · 1970 · cor-ten steel ·  Accession ID  1977.28.1

Émile-Antoine Bourdelle, Rodin Working on his "Gates of Hell", model 1910, cast before 1929, bronze, Gift of Alfredo Halegua and Dr. Raquel Halegua, 2014.4.1

Rodin Working on his "Gates of Hell"

Émile-Antoine Bourdelle · model 1910, cast before 1929 · bronze ·  Accession ID  2014.4.1