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Found 30 sculptures.

Informational kiosk for Running Fence stands on a grassy lawn near a split-rail fence.

Running Fence

A temporary white fabric fence stretched across California hills to the Pacific Ocean.

 Cloud Fortress in the foreground with the Twin Towers rising behind it against a blue sky.

Cloud Fortress

An abstract granite-and-steel work of two upward-tilting pyramids.

 Wind Wand sculpture with a crimson rod rising from a rounded dome against a blue sky.

Wind Wand

A red fibreglass kinetic sculpture that bends in the wind and glows at night.

 Cloud Shepherd bronze abstract sculpture with smooth organic contours on a tiled outdoor plaza.

Cloud Shepherd

A wavy form inspired by clouds, hills, and lakes, with Surrealist and Dada elements.

 Continuum sculpture with dark metal looping ribbons forming circular openings.

Continuum

Eight black-painted bronze forms rise on an elevated base.

 Rheinorange sculpture standing beside a wide river with sunlight reflecting on the water and distant buildings in the background.

Rhine Orange

A towering orange steel landmark marking the Ruhr’s mouth at the Rhine.

 The Whirling Ear sculpture rising from a dark base in a shallow circular pool of water.

The Whirling Ear

A motorized Calder sculpture of sheet metal and paint, created for Expo 58.

 Delta Solar sculpture with reflective triangular panels rising above a dark pool of water.

Delta Solar

Abstract stainless steel forms move in the breeze above a reflective basin.

 Puerta de la Ilustración spans a Madrid avenue with curved metallic arches over the road and a tall central light pole.

Puerta de la Ilustración

A monumental gate-like sculpture marking a major avenue in northern Madrid.

 Fire and Water Fountain illuminated in a city square at dusk, with colorful vertical panels and arcing water jets.

Fire and Water Fountain

A kinetic fountain with illusion and movement in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square.

 Vaillancourt Fountain with large concrete blocks and tubes sending water into a turbulent pool.

Vaillancourt Fountain

A stark modernist fountain built from precast concrete square tubes.

 A mature tree stands beside a dark basalt stone pillar in the 7000 Oaks installation.

7000 Oaks

An ambitious ecological intervention reshaping Kassel’s urban landscape over several years.

 An inverted white porcelain urinal signed R. Mutt 1917 near the base.

Fountain

An inverted porcelain urinal signed in black ink and transformed into art.

 Peine del Viento sculptures silhouetted on rocky coastline beside a dark, choppy sea

Peine del Viento

Three steel sculptures embedded in rocks above the Cantabrian Sea.

 Topos V, a dark geometric sculpture with cutouts, stands in front of historic stone buildings in Barcelona.

Topos V

An iron geometric form that contrasts with the medieval architecture around it.

 Elogio del Horizonte, a large concrete sculpture with a curved opening, standing on a grassy slope above the sea.

Elogio del Horizonte

A monumental concrete work that marks a key moment in Chillida’s career.

 Kryptos bronze sculpture covered with carved capital letters, standing outdoors near stone benches and trees.

Kryptos

A sculptural puzzle of encrypted messages that continues to challenge codebreakers.

 Man Enters the Cosmos sundial sculpture on a circular base beside a snowy lakeshore, with a city skyline in the distance.

Sundial

A functional bronze equatorial sundial that faces directly toward Lake Michigan.

 Traffic Light Tree sculpture glowing with red, green, and amber lights at night

Traffic Light Tree

An eight-metre sculpture with 75 computer-controlled sets of lights.

 The Alamo sculpture shown as a large dark cube tilted on one corner in an urban plaza.

Alamo

A rotating black steel cube that became a beloved East Village meeting point.

 Flamingo, a large red abstract steel sculpture, stands in a city plaza with tall buildings in the background and a person near its base.

Flamingo

A towering red steel stabile that energizes Chicago’s Federal Plaza.

 Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, a light-colored abstract sculpture in dynamic forward motion

Unique Forms of Continuity in Space

A Futurist figure surges forward, merging speed, force, and time.

 Buscando la Luz II sculpture with three tall rust-patinated metal forms on a grassy lawn.

Buscando la Luz II

A nearly three-metre steel work made of three funnel-like forms.

 Development of a Bottle in Space, a dark bronze abstract sculpture with geometric and curving forms on a tiered base.

Development of a Bottle in Space

A futuristic bottle form appears to dissolve into the surrounding space.

 Bernar Venet’s Arc de 124,5° sculpture rising over a grassy area with bare trees and city buildings in the background.

Arc de 124,5°

A towering Corten steel arc installed on a Berlin traffic island.

 The Bucket Fountain with red and yellow buckets tipping water into a shallow pool in Wellington.

The Bucket Fountain

A kinetic fountain of tipping buckets that splashes water across the mall.

 The Wall sculpture on a bright blue building facade with rows of teal projections above a beige lower section.

The Wall

A minimalist artwork built into a SoHo building, later removed and reinstalled.

 Heureka sculpture standing on a grassy lawn beside Lake Zurich, with mountains in the distance.

Heureka

A towering machine-sculpture made from reclaimed metals for Expo 1964.

 The Picasso sculpture in Chicago framed against the Richard J. Daley Center, with an American flag visible above.

The Picasso

A monumental abstract steel landmark known for its playful, climbable form.

 Salvador Dalí’s Lobster Telephone, showing a black rotary phone with a reddish-orange lobster on the cradle.

Lobster Telephone

A working phone topped with a plaster lobster, blending humor and unease.