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Modern Head 
Artist Roy Lichtenstein Year 1974-1990 Type Painted Aluminum Dimensions 940 cm × 590 cm × 20 cm (372 in × 232 in × 8 in) Location Washington, D.C. 38°53′51″N 77°01′26″W / 38.89749300°N 77.02396600°W Owner Smithsonian Institution Modern Head is an abstract painted Aluminum sculpture, by Roy Lichtenstein.
It is located at South Side of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Northwest, Washington, D.C.. [1] It was installed on August 27, 2008.[2]
Another example is at Yale University.[3][4]
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Provenance
The James Goodman Gallery in New York, lent it to New York City, where it was installed in Battery Park in January of 1996. On September 11, 2001, it was undamage. It was used as a message board, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation during its investigation.[5] The sculpture was moved to the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. [6] It was acquired by Jeffrey H. Loria, who donated it to the Smithsonian Institution.
See also
- List of public art in Washington, D.C.
References
- ^ http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=77128
- ^ http://dcist.com/2008/08/27/lichtensteins_modern_head_installed.php
- ^ http://www.yale.edu/publicart/modernhead.html
- ^ "Modern Head, (sculpture)". Save Outdoor Sculpture, survey. 1993. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=FV183461E0901.67439&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!398400~!11&ri=4&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=roy+lichtenstein&index=.AW&uindex=&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ri=4#focus. Retrieved October 10, 2011.
- ^ http://www.artknowledgenews.com/modernheadbyroylichtensteinsculpturehtml.html
- ^ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/atm-history-200811.html#ixzz1aUEB2CXa
External links
- http://www.lichtensteinfoundation.org/modhead.htm
- http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/modern-head-by-roy-lichtenstein/
Categories:- Public art stubs
- Sculptures in the United States
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