Number 23 Basketball Player

Last updated
Number 23 Basketball Player
No23.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′42″W / 38.90065°N 77.028333°W / 38.90065; -77.028333
OwnerNiki Charitable Art Foundation

Number 23 Basketball Player is a sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle.

Contents

It is from the Black Heroes Series. It is part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York Avenue Sculpture Project. [1]

Reviews

See also

Related Research Articles

Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the Smithsonian's national museums of Asian art in the United States. The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country.

Albright–Knox Art Gallery United States historic place

The Albright–Knox Art Gallery is an art museum located at 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York, in Delaware Park. The Albright-Knox's Elmwood Avenue campus is temporarily closed for construction. It is currently hosting exhibitions and events at Albright-Knox Northland, a project space located at 612 Northland Avenue in Buffalo’s Northland Corridor. The new Buffalo Albright Knox Gundlach Art Museum (AKG) is expected to open in 2022.

Adolph Alexander Weinman American sculptor and architectural sculptor

Adolph Alexander Weinman was a German-born American sculptor and architectural sculptor.

Corcoran Gallery of Art United States historic place

The Corcoran Gallery of Art was an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, that is now the location of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a part of the George Washington University.

Smithsonian American Art Museum Museum in Washington, D.C., United States

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C., part of the Smithsonian Institution. Together with its branch museum, the Renwick Gallery, SAAM holds one of the world's largest and most inclusive collections of art, from the colonial period to the present, made in the United States. The museum has more than 7,000 artists represented in the collection. Most exhibitions take place in the museum's main building, the old Patent Office Building, while craft-focused exhibitions are shown in the Renwick Gallery.

National Museum of Women in the Arts United States historic place

The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the only major museum in the world solely dedicated" to celebrating women's achievements in the visual, performing, and literary arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since opening its doors in 1987, the museum has acquired a collection of more than 4,500 paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative art. Highlights of the collection include works by Mary Cassatt, Frida Kahlo, and Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun. The museum occupies the old Masonic Temple, a building listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Anne Truitt American artist (1921-2004)

Anne Truitt, born Anne Dean, was an American sculptor of the mid-20th century.

David Childs

David Magie Childs is an American architect and chairman emeritus of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. He is best known for being the architect of the new One World Trade Center in New York City.

John A. Wilson Building United States historic place

The John A. Wilson District Building, popularly known simply as the Wilson Building, houses the municipal offices and chambers of the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia. Originally called the District Building, it was renamed in 1994 to commemorate former Council Chair John A. Wilson. Completed in 1908, during the administration of 26th President Theodore Roosevelt, the building is a contributing structure to the Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site.

Albert Paley

Albert Paley is an American modernist metal sculptor. Initially starting out as a jeweler, Paley has become one of the most distinguished and influential metalsmiths in the world. Within each of his works, three foundational elements stay true: the natural environment, the built environment, and the human presence. Paley is the first metal sculptor to have received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Architects. He lives and works in Rochester, New York with his wife, Frances.

Chakaia Booker

Chakaia Booker is an American sculptor who explores race, gender, class, and labor in her work. Booker is best known for creating expressive installation art from recycled tires and other found objects, as well as for her personal style of wearable sculpture. Her work has appeared as part of group and solo exhibitions in galleries and outdoor public spaces across the U.S. and internationally. Booker lives and works in New York City.

<i>George Washington</i> (Houdon)

George Washington is a statue by French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon from the late 18th century. Based on a life mask and other measurements of George Washington taken by Houdon, it is considered one of the most accurate depictions of the subject. The original sculpture is located in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Virginia, and has been copied extensively.

<i>Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore)</i>

Are Years What? is a sculpture by American artist Mark di Suvero. It is in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, in Washington, D.C., United States. The sculpture is named after poet Marianne Moore's "What Are Years". From May 22, 2013 through May 26, 2014, the sculpture resided temporarily in San Francisco, as part of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Mark di Suvero exhibition at Crissy Field.

Carry the Rainbow on Your Shoulders is a public artwork by American artist Jerome Meadows, located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C., United States. "Carry the Rainbow on Your Shoulders" was created through DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities.

<i>Les Trois Grâces</i>

Les Trois Grâces is a set of three public artworks by French-American sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle. The Three Graces are part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts New York Avenue Sculpture Project.

<i>Nana on a Dolphin</i>

Nana on a Dolphin is a public artwork by French sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle. Nana on a Dolphin is part of the National Museum of Women in the Arts New York Avenue Sculpture Project and has also been on display at the home of Nicole Salinger in Provence, France.

Zigi Ben-Haim

Zigi Ben-Haim is an American-Israeli sculptor and painter who lives and works in New York City and Israel.

Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain

The Andrew W. Mellon Memorial Fountain is a bronze fountain sculpture by Sidney Waugh as a memorial to Andrew W. Mellon. It is located at the eastern tip of the Federal Triangle within the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, Constitution Avenue, and 6th Street NW in Washington D.C., United States. The fountain is across Constitution Avenue from the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. The Department of the Interior maintains the fountain, which President Harry S. Truman dedicated on May 9, 1952.

<i>Arbre Serpents</i>

Arbre Serpents is a sculpture by Niki de Saint Phalle.

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)