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Juan Muñoz’s Last Conversation Piece, 1994-1995, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC. Photo: Lee Stalsworth
Collection Highlights
Auguste Rodin, Walking Man
Sculpture Garden
Auguste Rodin, Walking Man, 1962

Auguste Rodin, French, b. Paris, 1840–1917
Walking Man, 1900, enlarged 1905, cast 1962
Bronze, 84 1/4 X 61 5/8 X 28 7/8 IN. (214.0 X 155.8 X 73.1 CM.)

 

Sculptor and Corcoran College of Art & Design adjunct faculty Peter Bottger on Auguste Rodin’s Walking Man.



Length: 51:15

Alexander Calder, Two Discs
Plaza
Alexander Calder, Two Discs, 1965

Alexander Calder, American, b. Lawnton, Pennsylvania, 1898–1976
Two Discs, 1965
Painted steel, 306 x 328 x 208 in. (777.3 x 833.2 x 528.3 cm) Weight: different sources suggest everything from 9,000 to 16,000 lbs.

 

Joyce Bedi, NMAH Senior Historian at the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, on engineering in Alexander Calder’s work.



Length: 34:11

 

Hirshhorn Associate Curator of Modern Art Evelyn Hankins discusses the work of Alexander Calder in this Friday Gallery Talk.



Length: 15:35

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Sphere No. 6 (Sphere within a Sphere)
Sculpture Garden
Ellsworth Kelly, Red Yellow Blue V, 1968

Arnaldo Pomodoro, Italian, b. Morciano, 1926
Sphere No. 6 (Sphere within a Sphere), 1963-1965
Bronze, 45 X 46 1/2 X 47 5/8 IN. (114.2 X 118.1 X 121.0 CM.)

 

Hirshhorn conservation staff discuss challenges in the upkeep of outdoor sculpture.



Length: 30:17

Dan Graham, For Gordon Bunshaft
Sculpture Garden
Dan Graham, For Gordon Bunshaft, 2006

Dan Graham, American, b. Urbana, Illinois, 1942
For Gordon Bunshaft, 2006
Two-way mirror, stainless steel, wood, and stone, 92 1/8 x 196 1/4 x 196 1/8 in. (234 x 498.4 x 498.1 cm)

 

Take a virtual tour of Dan Graham’s “For Gordon Bunshaft” in the Hirshhorn’s sculpture garden.

 

Curatorial assistant Al Miner discusses Dan Graham’s Sculpture Garden commission For Gordon Bunshaft.



Length: 12:55

Henry Moore, Three-Way Piece No. 3: Vertebrae (Working Model)
Sculpture Garden
Henry Moore, Belief+Doubt, 2012. © Barbara Kruger. Photo: Cathy Carver

Henry Moore, British, b. Castleford, England, 1898–1986
Three-Way Piece No. 3: Vertebrae (Working Model), 1968, cast early 1969
Bronze, 40 3/4 x 93 x 48 in. (103.6 x 236.1 x 122 cm) incl. base

 

Conservation fellow Steven O’Banion on the sculptures of Henry Moore.



Length: 28:20

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