Arbre Serpents

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Abre Serpents
English: Serpent Tree
Arbreserpents2.JPG
Artist Niki de Saint Phalle
Year1999 (1999)
Type fiberglass & mosaic
Location National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., United States
Coordinates 38°54′02″N77°01′43″W / 38.900544°N 77.028628°W / 38.900544; -77.028628
OwnerNiki Charitable Art Foundation

Arbre Serpents is a sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle. [1]

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It showed at the Missouri Botanical Garden. [2] It is part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York Avenue Sculpture Projekt. [3]

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References

  1. "Ssssssssserpent Tree: Niki de Saint Phalle’s Modern Take on Ancient Myth" Archived July 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , National Museum of Women in the Arts April 7, 2010
  2. "Missouri Botanical Garden: Events at MBG". www.mobot.org.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-02-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)