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A bust of Nicolaus Copernicus at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City, a gift from the People's Republic of Poland to the United Nations (1970).. The United Nations Art Collection is a collective group of artworks and historic objects donated as gifts to the United Nations by its member states, associations, or individuals.
The grounds of the Palais des Nations (seat of the United Nations Office at Geneva) contain many fine objects donated by member states of the United Nations, private sponsors and artists. The Celestial Sphere (also known as the Armillary Sphere ) in the Ariana Park of the Palais des Nations is the best-known of these.
The main article for this page is United Nations Art Collection Pages in category "United Nations art collection" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Per Krohg, also known as Per Lasson Krohg, was born June 18, 1889, in Oslo Norway and died March 3, 1965, in Oslo aged 75. [7] As the son of painter Christian Krohg, Per Krohg studied under his father at the Academie Colarossie art school in Paris between 1903 and 1907. [7]
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres (6.9 to 7.3 ha) of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. [4]
It is part of the United Nations Art Collection. It was presented by the permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, Chief Simeon Adebo, to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, U Thant shortly after the sixth anniversary of the establishment of the Federation of Nigeria and the end of British colonial rule. [2]
Jacob Blaustein had served as the United States delegate to the United Nations. Hammarskjöld was a collector of Hepworth's works, including her 1937–38 sandalwood sculpture Single Form (BH 103) which he displayed in his United Nations office (now in the Dag Hammarskjöld Museum at Backåkra in Sweden). He had discussed with Hepworth the ...
The United Nations Postal Administration issued three stamps depicting the sculpture. [14] In 2019, the NVPF worked with the Dalai Lama to make 150 small-scale Non-Violence sculptures from melted confiscated firearms ( Humanium Metal ), including one copy signed by the Dalai Lama and auctioned at Sotheby's .