Sculpture Garden

On View: Sculpture Garden

21 artworks on view.

Results

The sculpture is an abstract geometric piece comprised of metallic beams intersecting in a dynamic configuration. The beams are silver and reflective, with lines and swirls of light on their faces. The structure is composed of square tubes and cylinders balanced on one another and extending outwards. On the left, one of the beams is balanced on a small cube made out of the same reflective material, which is turned on its side. The sculpture is set outdoors on a grassy area surrounded by shrubs and trees, positioned in front of a large building with columns visible in the background.

Cubi XXVI

David Smith

1965

Stainless steel  Accession ID  1978.14.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southwest Quadrant
Four deep, three-dimensional letters spell out the word AMOR in this free-standing sculpture, with the A and M stacked on top of the O and R to create a square on a low black platform. The letters are coral red with butter-yellow undersides. The elongated, oval-shaped opening within the circular letter O is angled 45 degrees, toward the M at the upper right. We stand slightly to the left in this photograph so we can see the deep sides of the letters. The sculpture is displayed out-of-doors with trees and a tall black fence in the background and plantings around the base.

AMOR

Robert Indiana

conceived 1998, fabricated 2006

Polychrome aluminum  Accession ID  2012.27.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northeast Quadrant
The sculpture features a row of geometric forms on a grassy field. Each piece is a parallelogram-like shape with several corners and flat sides, all made from a dark material and varying in size and angle. They are positioned in a park setting with trees and a well-maintained lawn.

Wandering Rocks

Tony Smith

1967

Painted steel  Accession ID  1981.53.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northeast Quadrant
As tall as the spindly trees behind it, a bronze, abstract, free-standing sculpture is made up of a circle set within a shallow box, which is balanced on the tip of an upside-down, thick-legged, V shape. The textured, lumpy legs taper as they move up. A sinewy rope-like texture runs, like a hem, along the outside of the pointed arch. Another form, like a lip, lines the inner edge where the legs pinch together at the top of the arch. The box balanced on the apex is nearly as wide as the legs. The box has a projecting rim, and is corrugated along the outer surfaces and the front edge, as if it had been cut down from a cardboard box. The circle centered in the box also has a projecting rim, like a tall cake pan. Within the circle, a shape like the wing of a bird appears to have been incised. A curving, bowtie-like shape protruding on a rod from the top of the box is incised with a dot at the center of another circle.

Personnage Gothique, Oiseau-Eclair (Gothic Personage, Bird-Flash)

Joan Miró

model 1974, cast 1977

Bronze  Accession ID  1992.53.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northwest Quadrant
This sculpture is comprised of intersecting geometric shapes and forms, including circular and angular elements in shades of rusty brown. Circular rivets dot the sides of the beams that make up these shapes. It stands on a grassy area surrounded by trees under a clear blue sky.

Aurora

Mark di Suvero

1992-1993

Steel  Accession ID  1996.72.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northeast Quadrant
A steel square with rounded corners sits upright on a grassy lawn in front of a row of trees under a blue sky. The metal is weathered and lightly pitted to a dark, bronze brown. It looms over the bushes behind it.

Stele II

Ellsworth Kelly

1973

One-inch weathering steel  Accession ID  1999.15.2

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northeast Quadrant
This is a tall, abstract and geometric sculpture with a sharp, angular bend near the bottom. It looks like a thin rectangular shape with some triangular chunks removed from it. The sculpture is made of a weathered reddish-brown material with some areas of darker brown discoloration, and it appears to have a matte finish. The sculpture is standing on a grassy landscape surrounded by trees against a clear blue sky.

America

Alfredo Halegua

1970

Cor-ten steel  Accession ID  1977.28.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southeast Quadrant
Set in an outdoor garden, a sculpture with two tall metal arms curve up like stylized tree branches to hold a sign between them, which reads, “METROPOLITAIN.” In this photograph, the sign faces us and fence-like rows of panels extend back from the posts, and across the back to enclose three sides. The panels, posts, and the framework holding the sign are all painted sage green. Each panel has a rounded top with a two-lobed, medallion-like center. The arms of the posts reach above the sign, and each curves up and over a burgundy-red light that hangs down like a flower bud. Three wooden benches sit within the enclosure. The sculpture is set within a garden with tall trees, a grassy lawn, and umbrella-covered café tables and chairs. A silver, metal tree rises in the near distance to our left.

An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain

Hector Guimard

model 1902, fabricated 1902/1913

Painted cast iron and bronze  Accession ID  2000.2.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southwest Quadrant
A free-standing, stepped pyramid made of interlocking, white concrete blocks sits on a grassy lawn, rising above the bushes and low trees behind it. This photograph shows the pyramid with one corner coming straight at us so each side is a zigzag of twenty-four steps. The structure is lit from our left so casts gray shadows to our right. One tall tree behind the pyramid extends off the top edge of the photograph and buildings in the distance have cream-white walls and red roofs.

Four-Sided Pyramid

Sol LeWitt

first installation 1997, fabricated 1999

Concrete blocks and mortar  Accession ID  1998.149.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southeast Quadrant
This free-standing sculpture is a three-footed, black metal arch with flat, faceted surfaces along its chunky legs. On the top half, three arms curve up and in to meet at the center. The arms are offset from the three legs and are connected by bands across the middle. The sculpture stands on a grassy park lawn and is nearly as tall as the mature trees behind it. Sunlight gleams on the matte surfaces so some look lighter gray and others are flat black.

Moondog

Tony Smith

model 1964, fabricated 1998-1999

Painted aluminum  Accession ID  1997.137.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southeast Quadrant
This horizontal photograph shows the twisting branches of a shiny silver tree, the sculpture rising high above the treetops of the living trees behind it. The trunk breaks into two sets of branches about a fifth of the way up the height of the sculpture. The branches to our left in this photograph curve and wind up and out while the branches to our right flare up in straighter lines. Diffused sunlight on the overcast day glints off the metal, creating bright white highlights against steel-gray shadows. The sculpture sits on a patch of grass with bushes and trees behind it.

Graft

Roxy Paine

2008-2009

Stainless steel and concrete  Accession ID  2009.109.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Southwest Quadrant
Twenty-one, free-standing, bronze sculptures of headless people are arranged under the green canopies of trees in this horizontal photograph. The earth-brown surfaces of the sculptures are rough. In this view, they cluster together at various distances from each other, and the bodies of all are angled to our right. They stand erect with their legs together and arms pressed tightly along their sides. From this angle, one person is positioned farther from the rest, to our left. Each person stands on a square base that sits on the ground, which appears to be fine mulch or pine needles. Six trees are spaced around the group, and together their canopies fill the top third of this photograph. Beyond the trees is a low, green hedge that encloses the whole group. Sunlight illuminates the front, right-hand surfaces of the sculptures.

Puellae (Girls)

Magdalena Abakanowicz

1992

Bronze  Accession ID  1998.148.1

On View: Sculpture Garden, Northeast Quadrant

Loading Results