The May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden is a sculpture garden featuring 19th- and 20th-century modern and contemporary sculptures, located adjacent to the San Diego Museum of Art's West Wing in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California. [1] [2] [3]
Featured works include: [4]
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The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls the San Diego Museum of Art "the region's oldest and largest art museum". Nearly half a million people visit the museum each year.
Big Open Skull is an outdoor 1966–1973 bronze sculpture by Jack Zajac, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.
Odyssey III is an abstract 1973 painted aluminum sculpture by Tony Rosenthal, installed outside the San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.
Solar Bird is a 1966 sculpture by Spanish artist Joan Miró. Several institutions have copies in their collections, including:
Spinal Column is a 1968 sculpture by Alexander Calder. It was commissioned for the San Diego Museum of Art in 1968 and was displayed in the May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden before being installed outside the museum. The work measures 118 in. x 100 in. x 90 in.
The Casa del Prado comprises several reconstructed buildings that were initially built for the Panama–California Exposition in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Current tenants include the San Diego Botanical Garden Foundation, Civic Dance Arts, the San Diego Floral Association, the San Diego Civic Youth Ballet, the San Diego Junior Theatre, and the San Diego Youth Symphony.
Border Crossing/Cruzando el Rio Bravo, or Border Crossing (Cruzando el Rio Bravo), is a sculpture by Luis Jiménez. It depicts a Mexican man carrying his wife and their baby on his shoulders as they cross the Rio Grande.
Cubi XV is an abstract stainless steel sculpture by David Smith. It is part of collection of the San Diego Museum of Art, and installed in Balboa Park's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden. The statue is part of Smith's Cubi series.
Aim I is an outdoor 1980 aluminum sculpture by Alexander Liberman, installed at the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.
Night Presence II is an outdoor 1976 welded Cor-Ten steel sculpture by Louise Nevelson, installed at the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.
Reclining Figure: Arch Leg is a sculpture by Henry Moore.
Sonata Primitive is a copper 1940–1948 sculpture by Saul Baizerman, installed in the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.
The Watchers is a 1960 bronze sculpture by the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick depicting three abstracted figures whose form is inspired by the Moai.
Two Lines Oblique: San Diego is an outdoor 1993 stainless steel sculpture by George Rickey, installed in the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.
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