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The National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden is the most recent addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is located in the National Mall between the National Gallery's West Building and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.
Six-Part Seating is a sculpture by Scott Burton, installed at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. The work, conceived in 1985 and fabricated in 1998, [1] consists of six polished red granite seats that can be arranged in a circle or side by side. [2] The seats weigh approximately 1500 pounds each.
An Entrance to the Paris Métropolitain is a sculpture by Hector Guimard, conceived in 1902 and fabricated between 1902 and 1913. Guimard designed 141 entrances to the Paris Métro of varying types, 86 of which are still standing. One is featured at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. [1]
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X is a sculpture of a large-scale typewriter eraser by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen. [1] Constructed in 1999, this model is located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. [2] [3] Other models are also located at Seattle Center near the Museum of Pop Culture, [4] and CityCenter, Paradise.
House I is a sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein. [1] It has an illusion, which makes it appear inside out, or normally, depending on which way the viewer sees it. It is located at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. [2] [3] It was constructed of painted aluminum, modeled in 1996 and constructed in 1999.
The National Archives/National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden across the Mall, and the National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art building several blocks to the north, also mark this pivotal axis, a key element of both the 1791 city plan by Pierre L'Enfant and the 1901 MacMillan Plan. [3]
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis, Minnesota Hahn/Cock is a sculpture of a giant blue cockerel by the German artist Katharina Fritsch . It was unveiled in London 's Trafalgar Square on 25 July 2013 and was displayed on the vacant fourth plinth .
In addition to the human likenesses, a number of public and private sculptures of animals, objects, and abstractions are spread throughout the city. Two museums on the National Mall include sculpture gardens: the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the National Gallery of Art.